Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-10

veyOr Of a Russian boundary monu- |
ment. The removal may decide the |
Canadian boundary dispute
Near Gillette, Wyo, the body of B . !
F. Hawkins, of Guide Rock Neb., who |
was found by hunters beneath a rude
shelter Of bark and logs. He died of
starvation and cold.
Twelve hotels and a score Of other
buildings were destroyed by ne at
Atlantic City. Philadelphia and
Camden firemen extinguished the
blaze after five hours fight The
loss is nearly S1,000,000
Chicago republicans and democrats
each made a net gain Of one alder
man in the city election. The new
council will consist of 80 republic as,
81 democrats, 1 independent Bath
house John, democrat won.
Reports from the flooded districts of
Tennessee emphasize the gravity of
the situation. The damage resulting.
it is believed, will reach 100000.
while twenty-five lives are known to
be lost, The water is receding.
Representative Jenkins of Chip
pewa Falls, has introduced a bill
relative as a result of the blowing
up Of the Maine in Havana harbor.
1t authorizes payments to the
heirs of those who lost their lives on
the Maine.
The senate committee has author
lied a favorable report on the b.n
creating the general education board.
the object of which is to be the
promotion Of education within the
United States, without distinction OF
race, sex or creed"
Ernest Rambech aged "a years a
veteran of the Franco-Prussian war.
died of lung fever at Wichita Kan.
He was decorated by the king of
Sweden for having saved the kings
horses from the royal stables during
a confiagration twenty-one years ago.
Powell Clayton, ambassador to Next
co, has obtained leave of absence to
come to Washington to appear before
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Hay and defend himself against the
charges filed by Senator Nelson of
Minnesota in behalf of William H -.
| Mealy
Tacoma customs officers, aided by
| the revenue cutter Grant, have Just
unearthed an extensive smuggling
system, whereby great quantities OF
wool grown on British Columbia is.
lands, adjacent to Vancouver, are be
ing struggled across the line in sloops
and marketed in this country.
! AdviceS from Skagway state that
last fall Dick FRASER. an official civil
engineer of the Canadian government
and one OF the most prominent civil
engineers in Canada, discovered a
Russian boundary monument The
atfidavits Of witnesses have been
taken and sent to Washington.
Covered with snow and with a re
yolyer clutched in his right hand, the
body of Howard r. Miller, a student al
the Keokuk College of Physicians anC
Surgeons, was found in Lincoln park
Chicago. 1t is believed he ended his
life while Respondent on account o.
over study. He was a nephew of Real
Admiral Miller
The civil service commission will
shortly institute a test system of an
nual examinations of its employees
which is designed to be extended tt
all branches of the government serv
ice. These examinations will be re
CURED of all, and employees will be re
duced in grade and pay if they fail t.
score 70 per cent.
An interesting report has been
made from the committee on military
affairs by Representative Esch of La
Crosse, in favor of the bill for the
Improvement of the old military
cemetery on the Fort Crawford res.
leIyation, near Prairie du Chen, Wis.
Much historic interest attaches to
this old cemetery and the reservation
lands.
Pay Director of the Navy Henry T
Wright, formerly of GAINESVILLE. Wis.
died at Port Said March %. Mr..
Wright was due to leave Manila fol
New York via the Suez canal OF
March 3, but fell i'll of typhoid feveI
and this disease caused his death
Mr.. Wright was born in Syracuse. N
Y in 1913 and went to Wisconsin
when a boy.
Henry White, present secretary OF
the embassy at London, is the most
formidable candidate for the vacancy
in the Italian embassy to be created by
the retirement of Ambassador Meyer
Bellamy Storer. now minister tc
Madrid. is TO go to Berlin as ambas
sador to succeed Andrew White. wher
that officer retires, which probably
will be next fall.
Marcus Johnson, former collector
of internal revenue for the district OF
Minnesota, is a candidate for collector
to succeed John Peterson, the present
incumbent. Mr. PetersOn's term ey
pired last December. 1t is understood
that Senator Clapp is favorable to the
appointment OF Johnson, while Sena
tor Nelson is for the reappointment of
Peterson
! Senior COncha. Colombian minister
has delivered to Secretary Hay a
protocol between the United States
and Colombia embodying the terms I'M
! der which Colombia will agree to con
cede the rights necessary for the con
struction of Panama canal. Colombia
gives unqualified consent to the sale
| OF the rights of the new Panama Canal
! company and the contamination of it's
offer of $4,000. 600.
A bill to punish anarchy and as