Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-06-05

cided to make a favorable report on
the bill introduced by Senator Mel
son, which provides that free de-
livery shall be given to all cities
with a population of 5000 or postal
receipts aggregating $4,000.
Crazed by burning Gil, which Tad
fallen on her dress from gasolene
stove, Miss Josephine Pixka ran into
her bedroom at Chicago and seized
5000 in bills, representing the savings
Of herself and her brother for several
years. They were lost. The girl
died.
J. C. Little, until recently the pas
tor of the Baptist church at Rossville,
Ind, was made correspondent in a
sensational divorce case filed by
George B. Hughes The plaintiff S
wife confessed and investigation by
the church resulted in Mr.. Little hav-
ing his license revoked.
Councilman Louis Schnen and
Charles L. Geraghty, a member of the
ST. Louis house of delegates, were ar
rested on bench warrants from the
grand jury charging them with
malfeasance in Office. A warrant \ IS
also been issued for F. w. Ziegenhein,
son of an ex-mayor.
At Marion, Ind, because two white
men were talking to his sister, Will
liam Francis, colored, became frantic
and used his revolver missing the
men but shooting his mother and a
neighbor. A mob soon had a rope
about his neck, but the mothers
praye saved him.
In Chicago there was a crash on tn
open board of trade, due to the an
nouncement that J. H Eggert, fol
twenty years a prominent operator, 1ad
been arrested on the charge of
swindling women out of sums ranging
from SIS to $25. 1t is said the
women were "bad losers" and could
not take punishment.
That congress will not authorize
the construction of the isthmian canal
at this session is regarded as almost
certain. There still remains a radical
difference of opinion which route
should be selected. Debate on this
question will be taken up imm ediately
after the Philippine civil government
bill
Troops E and H of the 7th United
States cavalry, 60 discharged soldiers
and 80 passengers, principally officers
and their wives, who left Santiago
with the troops, arrived at Newport
News, Va. Gen. Whitside, who COM
manded the department of Santiago,
was among the passengers. The
cavalrymen left for Chickamuga Park.
Postmaster General Payne has de-
cided that he has no authority to per-
nit the free transmission of books on
rural routes. He regards the idea
an excellent one from an educational
standpoint, but expresses the opinion
that the rural service should not be
mcumberd in it's infancy with such a
plan
Handcuffed to two other prisoners
and to United States deputy mar
shall, Fred Littleton, an alleged coun-
terfeiter, being taken to the federal
prison at Milwaukee, succeeded in
removing his handouts in the Union
passenger station, Chicago and escap-
ing. Several shots were fired at him,
but heGwas not hit.
Travelling Auditor H. Woliver, of
the Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern
railway, has distributed the promised
gift of one months salary to all
employees of the road from Former
President H. w. McHarg. The
amount given to the employees was
S6S,000, and gifts to officials bring the
total up to $4,000. The road has
been sold
The senate and house agreed on a
river and harbor bill which calls for
$65,000,000. Kalamazoo river, Michi-
gan, continuing contract, gets $780,
900; Menominee harbor, ETC., $4,000;
harbor at Duluth, Mimi, 100000;
War Road harbor Minnesota, S45,-
900, and Missouri river, from Sioux
City to mouth, s175,O0O, instead of
$25O,O0O
A Cleveland patrolman found a man
LOG years old, homeless and
wanderer. He told sad story OF
having long travelled from city to city,
of being refused admission to IN
firmaries, and given transportation
to other points. George Washington
was president when he was born, and
he learned in school that "the United
States has had two presidents, Wash
ington and Adams"
When the Countess Rochamb eau
pulled the halyard which caused the
flags draping the statue in Washing
ton to drop every vestige of the COW
ering fell but one corner of the Ameri-
can flag, which persistently chung to a
part of the work surrounding the
statue. .'The flag stays put" remark
ed Secretary Hay to the president IN
an undertone, and the president, re-
his words, smiled broadly.
An inspection of the contracts re-
Gently awarded for the supply of meat
for the Indians reveals the fact that
the so-called beef trust proposes to
sell over 100000 pounds of beef from
$3.50 to $11 per hundred A promi-
nent official said: eff the beef trust
can sell good meat to the Indians for
c Y and IL cents per pound, l do not
: &c why they cannot sell it to the con-
5 umers for like amount
FOREIGN.
President Castro formed new
cabinet in Venezuela.
At an art sale in Paris The Lake de