Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-05

stenographer. went to the room of
Fritz Broderson and shot him dead.
! She then shot herself in the head and
will probably die. She says that
Broderson led her astray.
! Mrs. Donald Mclean withdrew as a
! candidate for the Daughters of the
! American Revolution presidency, leav-
ing clear field for Mrs. Fairbanks.
, Over $4,000 was reporter raised for
| the continental hall fund.
Albert Knapp Of Hamilton, O., con-
fessed to choking his 20-year-old wife
to death, and to throwing her body in
Miami river. He declared he could
| give no reason for it. He also ad-
mitted killing four other women.
Raymond Prefontaine, Canadian
minister of marine and fisheries, has
recommended to his colleagues that
the close season for fishing in De
troit river be abolished. There is no
close season on the American side.
Gen Edward S. Bragg, consul
general at Hongkong, was rebuked by
the Wisconsin supreme court for allud-
ing to the Northwestern railroad s
wealth and the many persons injured
by it, in conducting a personal injury
suit.
Attorney General Hamlin's opinion
that Illinois state officers salaries
cannot be increased by appropriation
, pills will deprive the labor statistics
board of $4,000, the health board of
$4,000 and the Farmers institute of
$21 600
The Cooper-Wells knitting works
were burned at st. Joseph (Mich.) .
with 100000 loss Santa Fe rail
road freighthouse and ninety loaded
cars at Kansas City, and the bust
ness portion of Mount Airy, Md. were
also burned.
After wandering for five days in the
woods northeast of Fairchild, Wis.
Charles Castle found a farmhouse and
was taken to a hospital. Both feet
were frozen black nearly to the knees
and both ears and part of his face
were frozen.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Hanson, residing near Union Grove
Wis, will die as the result of injuries
received by falling on the point Of q
lead pencil with which he had been
playing, the point going into the brain
for some depth.
Ex-Governor Eugent Semple, presi
dent of the Seattle and Lake Wash
ington Waterway company, was or
dered confined in the county jail al
Seattle until he complies with an or
der of the grand jury to produce Ger
tain records of his corporation.
Two Chinese were killed by an ex
plosiOn among some oil, turpentine
and paint on board the steamship
!, Indrawadi at Brooklyn. Considerable
!, damage also was done to the vesse,
, which arrived yesterday from China
and Manila with a general cargo.
The trustees appointed by Judge
Hook of the federal court at Topeka
on Feb. to ascertain the fnancia
j, condition of the Kansas Mutual Life
Insurance Company have presented
their preliminary report, which
) shows the company to be solvent.
F. X. Hammas, a butcher at Cole
man. Wis, slipped while chasing {
| hog The animal attacked and bi
him in several places, tearing The
flesh from his legs and arms so tina
it was necessary for the doctor to pu
twenty-five stitches in the wounds.
Melville w. Miller of Indiana wa'
appointed to succeed Frank l.. Camp
| bell as assistant secretary of the in
J terror, and Mr.. Campbell will taxi
r the position of assistant attOrney-gen
eraI of the interior department, jus
vacated by Judge Willis Vandeventer
Motion for a new trial in the Schley
Kruger $4,000 breach of promise cas-
| has been denied by Judge Kerwin il
, the circuit court at Manitowoc, am
notice of an appeal to the suprem
court has been filed by attorneys TO
, Kruger, against whom the court OF
dered judgment Of $500.
w. H. H. Miller, attorney for tn
widow of ex-President Harrison, ha
: made a demand upon the Union Trus
company of Indianapolis that it file
9 report of the condition Of the Harr
I son estate, and out of this have com
rumors that. there are serious disser
e siOns among the heirs.
/ The entire works OF the Schultz
: plant of the American bridge con
0 pany a part>of the United States stee
corporation at McKeesrocks nea
S Pittsburg, Pa, were destroyed by fire
g entailing a loss of about 100000
d About 200 men are thrown out of en-
b plOyment by the fire. The loss
fully covered by insurance.
2 Brigadier General John V. Furey
S recently promoted from colonel in tn
c quaTtermasters' department, was re
/ tired Born IN New York he bega
/ his military career as pivate in tn
Eighty-fourth New York volunteer il
J fantry, in April, 1861, and serve
S throughout the civil war. In JAM
0 airy, 1867, he was appointed captain i
r the regular headquarters department
FOREIGN.
: Over $50 residents of Juklkesjarv
/ Sweden, are threatened with starvs
! ton.