Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-01-02

urred. One man was fatally hurt
nd six store fronts were blown out.
The damage will amount to several |
thousand dollars.
Perry Belmont has threatened to sue |
Richard Croker for libel for intimating !
hat the formers method of securing |
] congressional nomination would not
bear investigation.
Mrs. Mary Fugate Fajen, mother-ir=
Jaw OF ex-United States Senator WI
son, now minister 10 Chill, died at ST,
Fla. She was born ia
in 1890.
Gov. Roger OF Washington is con
fined to his home with al attack o.
pneumonia His physicians say he s
seriously i'll, but no great alarm Is
felt at his condition.
Governor Tyler OF Virginia pardoned
10 conyicts, including three men who
are granted clemency because OF val
liable services rendered at the recent
fire at the penitentiary.
The particulars Of the war waged by
Henry C. Payne on President Harri-
son are given in connection with
Preside TT Rooseveit's choice Of Payne
for acknowledgement.
Luther C. Sanborn, who came to
Sioux City, Iowa, in 1856, and was a
pioneer in that section of the state. is
dead. He was one of Sioux City
most prominent citizens.
The United States Steel corpora
ton viii admit 300 heads Of depart
ments to the organization upor a
proft-sharing basis and allow them to
invest in its securities.
Eli ]. Jameson, state brigadier gen,
eral Of the Odd Fellows, uniformed
rank, widely known and active in po-
litical life for forty years, died in Peru
Ind, aged eighty-two.
Harry Vardon, the golf player, de-
MES the report from London that he
intends to make tour of California
and Florida or that he will retur~ tc
the United States at ALL
President Roosevelt's first Christ
mas in the white house was passed
in the most homelike manner. FINAL!
! riding party, a promenade musical
and a dance were features.
Secretary Long is reported to have
notified the president of his intention
! to resign as soon as his successor car
be selected, but the secretary says he
has no intention of resigning
| FOL, an
yearold soldier, shot and killed hi
! son-in-law, Thomas Mawhinney, be
cause he was told her husband ha(
called his daughter vile names.
The announcement has just beer
made that the Hebrew Shelteriue
Guardian society has received con
tributions for fund for a a1w build
! ing in New York amounting 10 5S1 .975
The sale of American agriclitn:9
machines and implements in Rusail
during 1901 was the largest On record
| according to the annual report q
United States Consul Haenan a
! Odessa.
! The third explosion in three day
in steel works at Pittsburg occurrs,
in the Black Diamond plant, where
% men were scalded by the explosion
of five boilers, whose pipes had beer
! frozen.
Rrry Belmont. the millionaire, wa
nominated for congress from tn,
seventh New York district. The con
vention began in an uproar and ende;
with the withdrawal of the opposition
faction.
The committee sent by the French
| government to found a French-Ameri
can industrial school in which TIL
youth OF France may learn the indus
trial N thods Of he Americans ha
arrived.
President Jas ]. Hill of the Grea
Northern issues an extended state
ment replying to the attacks o
Governor Van SAINT on the Pacif,
railroads deal and defending tht
merger.
c. A. Young was arrested at Poteau
I. T., on the charge of robbing ;
! Texas postoffice last spring of $500 il
money and stamps. He paid $40 il
stamps for diamond ring ana thi:
! led to his arrest.
! The full blood Creek Indians have
suffered from the cold and many ar4
sick with pneumonia, a disease th~t
; usually proves fatal among Indians
| Among some of the tribes smallpo,
has also appeared
The secretary Of the navy has ap
proved an opinion by the Judge ad
yocate general that the Philippine
islands are United States territory sc
! far as the statute of limitations ap
plies 10 naval offenses.
| The Turpentine Operators Prote c
tive assO ciatf0n was organized with {
membership which includes the Lead
ing turpentine m5n of Louisiana
Mississippi and prominent operators
in Alabama and Georgia.
President Roosevelt will remain in
Washington during the holiday week
He desires to obtain respite from of
. fetal duties and will see only such Wis,
. tors as have urgent and important
public business to present
Gov. Yates honored the requisition
Of the governor of Kansas for the re-
turn of Charles Stone, under arrest
in Chicago and wanted at Mitchell for
grand larceny. This is the second
time he has been extradited.
As a result Of a cabinet discussion
it has been decided that the executive
paTtmpntS at Wa shin o+oD cboII y,o