Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-26

Many of the latter are tobacco users
and the statement is nearly equiva-
lent to an order.
Gov. Aycock, North Carolina,
onered a reward of $500 each for Is
The elevator in R. II. Macy & Cos
store, New York, fell five stories and
fifteen shoppers were hurt.
Vice-Chancellor Emory of the New
Jersey supreme court made permanent
the injunction restraining the United
States Steel corporation from retiring
S200,000000 preferred stock and
issuing $3.50, 900 bonds.
Employees of the General Railway
company have formed a union and
want the company to sign contract
concerning wages, etc. AS the road
is in a receivers hands, the matter
will be brought before the court.
At Durango City, Mrs. Margaret
Feeney, wife of horse jockey, has
committed suicide by taking NOR
phine. She was separated from her
husband. She was the widow of Bob
Ford, the slayer of Jessie James.
Albert G. Smith, one of the most
prominent young men in Lafayette,
Ind, committed suicide by taking
to dependency over the deaths of Lis
wife and daughter within the last
year.
The strong report Of General Ernst
on the feasibility of Camp Douglas,
Wis, as a desirable point for military
maneuvers undoubtedly insures in the
future the establishment at that place
of a camp for the mobilization of the
troops of the northwest.
Grover Cleveland and David B. Hill
spoke at the Tilden club opening in
New York and urged a reuniting of
a democratic party. The former de-
clared new issues could be found in
extrayagant appropriations and high
tariff.
The Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf
railway will, on June 20, inaugurate
daily through train service from Mem
phis, Tenn, to Denver, Col, distance
of 1926 miles. The new train will be
make the trip through in 4S hours.
During the 146th annual commence
ment exercises of the University of
Pennsylvania, Provost Harrison an
nounced that Joseph Wharton, founder
Of the Wharton School of Finance and
Economy at the university, had in
creased his endowment from 100000
to 100000.
The authorities of Potawatomie
county, Oklahoma, are investigating
the death of Arthur E. Pecore, aged
IA, near Shawnee, whose death is al
legged to have resulted from attempts
OF several companions to treat him
with the water cure
Mayor A. A. Ames, of Minneapolis,
was indicted for bribery. The charge
is that he made an offer to divide the
$4,000 sheriffs income with the COM
missiCners if the latter appointed the
mayors secretary sheriff. The
mayors alleged rake off, is $4,000
monthly.
The ramifcations of the miners
strike is shown by the fact that be-
cause five girls who had relatives
working in the mines, who would not
go out, were not discharged by the
management of the lace manufacture
ing company at Wilkesbarre, the en-
ployes of the latter, 1000 in number,
are on sympathetic strike.
The San Francisco Chinese bureau
is in a ferment over the landing of
Dr.. 1eang Wing from the steamer
Gaelic. The physician is "a years
old, graduate of Yale, and dresses in
the garb of European. 1t is evil
dent that the inspector at the gang
plank had no doubt of his right to
land
The republicans Of the senate are II
serious controversy over the ques-
ton of statehood for the territories OF
New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma
These bills have passed. the house and
have been pending in the territory
committee of the senate. On a test
vote, the senate committee, with
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania voting
with the democrats, decided not to re-
port the bills at this session.
At Cleveland, Mayor Tom L. John
son has issued a declaration of war
against John r. Mclean. 1t was
called out by information from Gin
cinnati that Mclean was laying plans
to capture the permanent organiza-
ton of the democratic state conven-
ton to be held at Sandusky in Sep
TENDER. The plan was to turn down
Johnson for all time, but Johnson
does not take kindly to it.
At Leavenworth, Kan, the Manu-
facturers' National Bank, has filed
suit in the district court to recover
$34,1O5 from the Home Riverside Min
ing company. The sheriff has at
tached the entire property of the three
mines owned by the company. They
have closed down and deputies are
guarding them. The bank will prob
ably ask for the appointment of a re-
ceiyer.
FOREIGN.
Violent earthquakes have been felt
in Morocco.
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