Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-02-20

closed and Vice President Andrew $,
who had lost $1,000 900 in specula-
ton, was arrested. He resigned as
police commissioner.
Joseph Supsowski. held by the
Buffalo grand jury for murder in tie
first degree in causing the death OF
seven persons by burning their home,
has been declared insane.
Nearly all of the city records of
Paterson, n. J., including tax az
rearages amounting to $4,000 900,
were destroyed and city will be the
heaviest loser by the fire.
The senate judiciary committee re-
ported in favor of a bill for an adj
ditional United States district judge
for the northern district OF Illinois
1t is likely to become a law.
Frank Maloney and Frank Komp oil
the Chicago Commercial bank, are in
Kenosha making arrangements fol
the opening of a branch of the Com
mercial National in that city.
The six-year-old son of Mrs. A. J
Countryman disappeared for the third
time from the home of his grandpar
ents at st. Joseph, Mich. He is be
lieved to have been kidnapped.
The body of Rutherford B. Hayes,
infant grandson of the president OF
the United States and a son OF
Rutherford Platt Hayes of Asheville
N. c.. was cremated in Cincinnati.
At Mount Holly, n. J., John Young
one of the four burglars who muir
dered Washinton Hunter, wealthy
farmer of Riverside, Jan. 25, 1901
was sentenced to be hanged March
Is.
Consulting City Chemist RavoId
and Janitor Henry R. Taylor have
been dismissed by the st. Louis
board of health as a result of the
death of IS children from impure
antitoxin.
Galusha A. Grow, ex-speaker and
representative-at-large from Penn
sylvania, father of the homestead
law, has declared his purpose to lie
tire from congress at the close 81
Ills pI6SClI bGIui.
Emperor Williams yacht Hohen
zollern arrived at New York and was
taken to the piers of the North Ger
man Lloyd company for a cleaning
The officers were welcomed by a com
mittee of city officials.
The house postoffice committee
agreed on a bill to abolish the rura
mail delivery service as now organized
and let the work to the lowest bid
der. The plan is expected to NEE
with strong opposition.
During the fight with Winchestel
rites between the followers of riva
claimants to property lying along the
lake shore drive, Chicago, Franz
Kirk, Waterman for one Of the
claimants, was shot fatally.
Edward Il. Thomas, son OF Genera
Samuel Thomas, ran down and killed
Henry Thesis, years old. in New
York, with his automobile. TIC
original White Ghost, formerly owned
by William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
Three New York tunnel builder
were indicated for manslaughter as ;
result of the grant jury investigation
of the Park avenue subway explosion
Two city officials of the combustion
bureau were indicted for neglect 0
duty.
G. F. Tinney, postmaster a
Virginia, H., will be dismissed fCl
pernicious. activity in furthering the
political plans of the Yates-Lorimer
Hopkins combination. Cullom anC
Mason were called upon to select hi
successor.
At Chicago smallpox has found it,
way into the county hospital. il
which are confined $50 patients.
The schooner which was burned Of
Cape May was the Mary Graham
from Norfolk to New York. and hel
crew is safe.
Representative McCleary will con
fer with Secretary Shaw, of tht
treasury department, at the first OPP
portunity, concerning the prOpositio,
to SO amend the national bank act AZ
to permit small banks to advance
loans on real estate security.
The Buffalo hotel company, th'
owner of the Niagara hotel at But
falo, n. Y. has made an assignment
The company gave Friday a mortgage
for $4,000 on the property to thu
Yates coal company. No statemen
of assets and liabilities was made.
David Thompson, custodian of thu
Columbia street theater, in Utica, n
Y, was arrested charged with havins
set fire to the Maennorcher building
in which the theater was and which
was destroyed by fire. causing a loss
of $4,000 and the death Of one man
PietrO GaStariolo was shot dead b.
NJ. Vaillancourt in the latter's door
way at the Canadian 500. Gasta
riolo, with his companions, attempted
to enter the house. They were warned
away. but the man who was killed per
sisted. Vaillancourt gave himself up
A school of law and Jurisprudence
to be known as the school of law ant
Jurisprudence Of the University o
Chicago. will be opened Oct. l. This
viii be the only law school west Of
New York requiring a bachelors de
gree of three years Of college woil
for admission.
A meeting of representative of tn,
Pittsburg plate-glass company and th'
largest independent manufacturers o
the country was held in PittSburg, Pa
Arrangements We're made for the sum
mer shutdown and to maintain prices
The agreement is similar in detail t.
that OF last season.
John Rosel, Jr., 20 years old, ant