Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-07-11

Brown appointed Commissioner
Thomas Alexander, the present deputy
clerk, as clerk.
At Cripple Creek Charles Wells, a
prominent republican politician and di-
rector of the school board, is under ar
rest, having been indicted On five
counts-bribery, solicitation of bride
and three charges of obtaining money
on false pretenses.
At Thacker, w. Va, deputy United
States marshal and posse have cap
tured nine persons who terrorized
miners at Tug River the past ten days
by shooting at all who could not give
the proper strikers sign as they
passed along the railroad
At Oberlin, President John Henry
$4,000 check from "a friend in New
England toward the completion of
the 100000 Rockefeller endowment
fund for Oberlin college. 1t is neces-
sary yet to secure s150,000.
At Kearney, Neb.. Rev. L. G..
| who was about to be arrested for
| illegitimate parentage of Harriet Long
mates child, committed suicide by
shooting. He was 45 years Of age and
leaves a wife and six children.
At Kenosha, DR.. Paul Malmstrom, a
well-known physician, was twice as
saulted in his office by a mysterious
woman who pounded him on the head
with heavy cane. The woman has
not been arrested, although it is
claimed her identity is known.
A fire which started on one of the
Hoosac tunnel docks in Charlestown,
the Boston terminus of the Warren
Line Steamship company, destroyed
the pier, with a large quantity of
merchandise. Six freight cars were
consumed. The loss is 100000.
The Brewers Exchange of Cincin-
natl, which includes the brewers of
Covington and Newport, KY, and other
surrounding towns, was sued for dam
| ages on test case brought by the
Saloonkeepers' association to dissolve
| the exchange as in violation OF the
| Ohio antitrust law.
Captain P S. Davidson, formerly of
La Crosse, died at his home at Hood
River, Ore, very suddenly. Captain
| Davidson was one of the most promi
nent lumbermen on the upper Mississ
ippi. He conducted in the early 'S0's
the White Collar line of packets and
ran two mills at La Crosse. He was
IA years old.
Rev. William A. Passavant of Pitts
burg died suddenly of apoplexy. He
established Passavant hospital in
Pittsburg, Passavant hospital, Chi
cago; Passavant home for epileptics
Rochester, Pa; Passavant Memoria
hall, Jacksonville, Fla; Milwaukee
hospital, Milwaukee, in all of which he
was director.
Rev. James Crutcher appeared in
his pulpit at the Compton Heights
Christian church, ST. Louis, in a white
shirt waist, and delivered sermon or
Fads in Religion to a congregation
composed largely of shirt-waist mer
and hatless women. The novel de
parture on the part of his auditors
was at the clergyman's request.
Because Tommy Peterson, aged 10
of Chicago, was not manly enough tt
tell that he had fallen in the lake anG
been rescued by "Scot," a collie dog
but stated that he had been bitten by
the dog in the park, the Intelligent
little animal was killed by a police
man. "Scot" had saved a dozen lives
along the lake shore in the past five
years.
The George Washington Memorial
association has issued an appeal fo1
the erection of memorial building
to the memory of Washington. The
purpose of the movement is to make
the building the center of research anC
learning, and it is hoped that it may
prove to be the foundation of q
national university, such as Washing
ton himself had in mind.
Curt Won Witzleben, the head of g
firm of publishers of women's fashion
journals, is dead at his home in Harri
son, Westchester county, N. Y. He
was SIS years old and was born in
Dresden. Germany. He was educated
at Heidelberg. Bonn and Leipsic uni
versities. Twenty-Five years ago he
renowned his allegiance to Germany
and, coming to this country, started in
business as a publisher.
BY vigorously welding Policeman
Peter Conway's club, which she
wrencned from his belt, Miss Susie
Burns of Chicago doubtless saved the
officers life. He had been knocked to
| the pavement and was surrounded by
d mob of ruffians who were kicking
and pounding him, when the courage
Gus women came upon the scene and
through her efforts he regained his
feet and successfully landed his
prisoner in the station.
Foreign.
A revolution in Belgium is threaten