Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-10-31

building to be erected at Forty-ninth
street Lake and Washington avenues.
DIR. H. w Thomas resigned the
passionate of the Peoples church, Chi
cago. because of impaired health. Rev.
Frank Crane was invited to succeed
him
Mrs. Charlotte Nichols, wife of
railway man, and Dr. Brunette,
dentist, took poison at Chicago hotel.
The woman died, but the dentist will
recover.
Rumor that Frank Jay Gould is ell
gagged to marry a daughter of the late
| Commodore Kelly was neither con
| firmed nor denied by the young lady's
{ mother.
| General Miles annual report will op-
/ pose the repeal Of the canteen law.
He declared there is less dissipation
and drunkenness now, but more
assertions.
All automobile records for one to
ten miles were broken by Alexander
WintOn of Cleveland at Detroit. a
mile was made in 1:06 25, and the ten
miles III ll.U3.
Mrs. Anna E. Taylor went over
Niagara falls in a barrel and came out
uninjured with the exception of a few
bruises Thousands of spectators
witnessed the feat.
Burt A Spaulding, believed to be
the leader of a gang of burglars that
\ robbed Maurice Epstein of Chicago Of
$4,000 worth of diamonds in 1897, was
arrested in Kansas City.
The Universal Tobacco company of
the United States and the Imperial
Manufacturing company Of England
lentered into a combination to fight
the Consolidated Tobacco company.
The Reformed Presbyterian church
has suspended a member who took out
naturalization papers for swearing &c
uphold the constitution of the United
States, which it regards as immoral
Senator Plat of New York was at
the white house again and talked
: with the president regarding federal
patronage in the empire state. 1t is
said the situation remains unchanged
, The Illinois supreme court affirmed
the decision of the lower court that
| the state board of equalization must
t assess the capital stock and fran
chises of cOrportions to their full
value.
An express messenger in a southern
Pacific train near Eugene, Ore, pre-
vented the looting of his car by
robbers. He fought off the hold-ul
men with a revolver after his ca
l was blown open.
= Grenville Kane, injured in tht
automobile accident in which F. H
= Benedict was killed in New York, saiC
, he believed Mr. Benedict got his foo
on the wrong pedal when the machin,
: got out of his control.
r The Great Northern and Northern
Pacific railroads have purchase,
. 9G.75 per cent. of the Burlington stock
! The National Bank of Redemption o
Boston will absorb the Shoe anC
: Leather bank of the same city.
The second day of YaIe's bicenten
| NAL celebration included an address >
! welcome by President Hadley, thu
g dedication of a memorial gate and
q grand parade at night, with nearl.
1000 students and graduates in line.
The community of interest idea a
= | applied to banks is to result in tw
, giant financial concerns in New York
: controlled by powerful moneyed i'll
terests. The First National bank il
to acquire control of the Chast
: National.
BY the payment of 100000 to thu
: attorneys of Dedmachy & Sellers, the
, Paris banker, Samuel Newhouse, ha!
. come into control o. the Cactus groul
of mines, in southern Utah. Fully
$1,000,000 will be spent in the equip
ment of these mines.
: In New York Richard George has
announced that he will vote and make
speeches for Seth Low, and his
, brother, Henry George, declared fol-
Shepard several days ago. The
brothers have decided to go on the
stump and have agreed to meet il
joint debate.
: Fire at Hammond, Ind, destroyed
the plant of the Hammond Packin$
t company and caused loss of $500, 900
l Three men arrested at Corning, n
: l Y, had a small satchel full OF
stamps and carried burglars tools
They are suspected of the Chicago
postofice robbery.
:, President Roosevelt left Washington
for Pennington, Conn, on a special
train. On Wednesday he went to Yale
college, where the degree of doctor OF
laws was conferred upon him.
Military commissions imposed death
sentences the past year on 242 per
sons, of whom 101 were executed.
Admiral Schley told the court OF
inquiry his story of the battle with
Cervera's feet and the incidents Of the
war proceeding that fight. He then
denied charges on which the inquiry
is based. G. H. Graham, the AS
ISOLATED Press representative on the
Brooklyn at the battle, testified that
Captain Sigsbee assured him on Nav
&c that the Spanish fleet was not in
Santiago harbor, although it had been
there a week. He was corroborateI
by Schley's orderly.
South Africa.
Win on CburobiII In a c,,ooob = i,