Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-08-29

ward Jittus and were employed byl
Schwind & Co.
The Hamilton, O.. branch Of the
American Can company has discharg-
ed 300 men, half its force, because of
the failure of the fruit and vegetable
crop, having reduced the demand for
cans to such a great extent.
4 conspiracy to murder Bishop
Kozlowski, of Chicago, head of the
Independent Catholic church. is
charged by a witness in the case
against DR.. Slomirski and four others.
It is all the result Of a church feud
The Iowa democratic state con-
adopted at the Kansas City conven-
ton The repeal Of the mulct law
local option. and tax reform are de-
manded. T. J. Phillips was NOM
mated for governor.
Ora Jennings, while umpiring a
game of baseball at Farmersburg. was
struck over the head with a bat by
Marcellus Forbes. one of the players,
who was incensed by one of the de-
cisions. Jennings skull is fractured
and he cannot recover.
It is said that Senator Platt and
| Governor Odell have agreed that an
| independent democrat should be the
anti-Tammany candidate for mayor.
Three men were killed and II IN
| jured by the explosion of molten
metal in a Youngstown (Ohio) blast
| furnace.
The Carrie F. Roberts has arrived
| at Boston from trip off shore with
the biggest swordfsh introduced &c
| the Boston market within recent
memory. Before he was cut up OF
sawed off he tipped the scales al
| nearly half a ton. His length was
seventeen feet.
| Vice-President Roosevelt returned
to New York from the west. He went
at once to Roosevelt hospital. where
his eldest daughter, Alice, is {
patient, an abscess having been re
| moved from her cheek. Miss Alice
is resting well, and her condition i
favorable for speedy recovery.
Details of the wreck Of the steam
ship Islander, off the coast Of Alaska
report a loss of AZ lives. Many pas
sengers returning from the Klondike
threw bags of gold into the sea il
order to facilitate their escape from
the sinking ship, the total loss O
treasure being estimated at S275,0OO.
Passengers on the French Linz
steamship La Gascogne were kept be
tween decks during the greater par
of the voyage across the Atlantic, OF
account of the stormy weather AM
high seas prevailing. The suicide 9
a Storage passenger, Francisco
Burre, who jumped overheard, is re
ported.
Secretary Hay has appointed d.
J. J. Rodriguez of Washington secre
tary of the United States delegation
to the international conference o
American states to be held in the Cit.
of Mexico in October. Mr.. Rodrigue
, is q lawyer and served as a specia
counsel to the American peace com
missioners in Paris.
Mrs. Ruth Hooker, widow Of tn
last Jesse Hooker, and reputed to b.
worth nearly 100000, died at Mont
gomery, Ala. Mrs. Sweeney, residtn,
near Rolling Prairie, Wis; Mrs. Jack
son, Chicago; Mrs. Clements and Mrs
Julia Jackson of Cedar Rapids, Ia.
and brother living in st. Paul, MINI
are her only relatives.
AS result of the judicial inquir.
into the conduct Of the New Yorl
police department. Wardman Glen
non, Wardman Dwyer and Sargean
Shields were arrested. All are con
nected with the West Thirtieth street
or 'tenderloin," police station, an,
Shields was acting captain. The war
rants charge neglect of duty.
James Macdonald, who confessed t,
having robbed the Office of the West
ern lumber company at Portland. Or
last December, was discharged at tn
| Mansion House police court in Lon
don, the Washington authorities no
desiring his extradition. The pris
oner was greatly disappointed at no
, securing transportation home
, A Union Pacific passenger train
westbound, collided with two high
i engines west of Rock Springs, Wy
Thirteen Of the passengers are re
ported hurt, but none seriously
Several trainmen were severel.
, bruised, and Engineer Fred Carsid'
seriously injured. The three engine:
and one car were badly wrecked.
About 40 of the leading mathemati
\ clans Of the country arrived at Ithaca
) N. Y, to attend the annual fall meet
ings Of the American mathematics
society On Cornell campus. George
. H. Cooper, a steamboat navigator q
, British Columbia, who has devised {
J, system Of notation Oh the basis o
eight instead Of 10, is expected tt
explain his ideas.
| United States Senator Fairbanks O.
| Indiana was slightly injured in
runaway accident at Minneapolis
The senator and Attorney B. G.. Evans
were driving, when the team started
to run away. and both men jumped
from the vehicle, leaving the driver
to care for the horses. Both mer
were slightly bruised and scratched
but their injuries are not serious.
Frank Bender. an engineer on the
Illinois Central railroad. was impaled
on a flying timber when the cab o1
the engine failed to clear a box cal
On the sidetrack near Fort Dodge
Iowa. A fragment of the molding OF
/ the box car four feet long and two