Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-20

| against the CnlneSe $4,000 and 4,S0t
Indians. The japanese needed 95,
600 men and $4,000 coolies and today
We find ninety men-of-war and almost
} men attempting to compe
obedience from the giant empire.
The Ontario government is negotiat
ing a gigantic railway deal involvine
a grant of I,542, 900 acres of unsettled
land in the Algoma region, in the
northwestern part of the province, to
syndicate of capitalists as assist
ance toward building a railway
through the region 500 miles long, the
/ government to control the rates. The
estimated value OF the land to be
granted is shillings per acre The
railway will cost s1,200,00O.
From the latest official reports in
the British war Office it is ascertained
that the total killed, wounded and
missing among the army during &C
tons in south Africa up to March 81
was 1898 officers and 1882 non
commissioned officers and men. In
addition I'll officers and 1891 non.
commissioned officers and men have
died Of wounds or disease, making
the total casualties foot up TO the
enormous total of 1857.
To overcome the difficulty caused by
the loss Of time and tie reluctance of
postof1ce clerks to weigh letters the
French authorities are installing small
automatic weighing machines in post
offices. You place your letter on that
part of the balance which CORES
ponds with your idea of the weight of
your letter, and if it is too heavy a
label containing that information
comes into view.
The slot machine has been adapted
in England to the directory. This
useful volume is held fast in a closed
position by the arms of the machine
until you drop penny into the slot;
then the arms relax and you can con-
suit the directory. The book is kept
open as long as required by holding
one cover, but as soon as this resist
ance is withdrawn the directory closes
automatically.
| A monster lathe has just been
4 d.
| six feet long and it's total weight is
1875 tons. 1t has been constructed
for preparing the thirty-two huge
granite pillars to be used in building
a new cathedral, each pillar weighing
| 16O tons. 1t has eight cutters and
| the granite block is reduced twenty
| four inches in diameter at one pass
over its length.
Plans for the new Stock Exchange
building in New York have been sub
mitted to the architects. The new
structure, which is to cost about
$1,000,O00, will occupy the site of the
present exchange and three adjoining
buildingis 1t is to be ten stories high,
with marble facades, and the upper
floors are designed for offices.
The Japanese university, in Toxic,
exclusively for women, is approaching
completion and will be opened some
| time this year. The institution is the
outgrowth of advanced ideas held by
Japanese families of education. Three
rich Japanese men have given enough
to insure the completion of the build
ings.
In Wichita county, Kansas, recently
young woman died leaving a lover
and brother, who are not good
friends. The sweetheart ordered a
handsome headstone for the girls
grave, and now the brother has gone
into court for an injun action to prevent
the erection of the proposed memorial
A dairyman in indianapolis, Ind
supplies his patrons with what he calls
''noiseless milk" His wagons have
rubber tires, his milkmen wear rub
ber-soled shoes and he has supplied
each of his customers with a little
rubber mat on which the vessels are
silently placed.
Unknown practical jokers created
sensation in Redwood, N. j., one
evening last week by bringing to town
and turning loose a swarm of strange
cats, which have been making life
miserable for the residents ever since.
A Missouri paper announces that in
order to make President McKinley's
visit especially interesting "the Hon.
James A. Reed, Kansas City's incom.
parable mayor, will deliver the adj
dress of welcome" at that place.
On the battle-ship Maine, sunk in
Havana harbor, are 1872 complete en-
gines, and the contractor who is
raising the wreck is confident that all
are uninjured. The ship is worth
100000 if she can be patched up.
There will be state elections this
year in Maryland, Massachusetts, New
Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Vir-
ginia. A governor will be chosen in
ali of these states except Maryland
Within six years the New Zealand
government has bought back of the
original settlers 324,167 acres of land
used for sheep runs and 1870 fami-
lies have found homes on them.
A Maryland negro dislocated his
jaw while yawning the other day, and
the services of three doctors were re-
quired to get the bones into place
again.
The United States spends $4,000
900 year on it's Indian subjects,
more than five times as much as
Canada expends on a similar number.
In the schedule Of a New York
bankrupt recently filed in court it ap-
pears that he owes $50 for beer and
| $26 pew rent.
LIGHT FROM UNKNOWN METAL.