Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-02
TELEGRAMS In BRIEF.
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now mentioned for the head of the
bureau of labor.
At Ensenada, Lower California, eA-
Governor Amaliam Arroniz is dead,
after an illness lasting only a few
hours.
At Cape May, n. J., the Marine Villa
Hotel, owned by Mrs. John M.
Rogers of Wilmington, Del, and valued
at 100000, burned, insurance, 100000
At San Francisco General G. W.
Randall U. S. A, has arrived from
Vancouver barracks, Wash, on his way
to Manila for duty in the Philippines.
Hazing Ann Arbor (Mich.) univer
sty students by shaving their heads is
revived. Seventy-eight victims are
recorded to date
The real origin of South American
revolutions are in New York City
Enlistments are made at the Hotel
Muro, West Fourteenth street.
Allegheny Pa) city employees will
ell be ousted from office April by
Recorder J. G.. Wyman, the ripper
bill appointee
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and Reginald c. Vanderbilt bad a
dangerous road accident in New York
The Iegless body Of a man was found
in New York bay.
The New York senate passed the
thousand-ton barge canal bill by the
aid of democratic votes, Leader Muir
ply swinging Tammany members into
The National Packing company was
organized with $15,000,000 capital to
take over the packing concerns which
the Armours, Swifts and 'MOrrises
bought last summer.
The secret service division of the
treasury department has received a
new counterfeit 81 silver certificate
series 1899, check letter &C." Lyons
register. Roberts treasurer.
AT Kansas City Asa and Charles
Bigelow, aged and 2 years, were
burned to death, the mother having
locked them in while she went to the
store
E. e. Clark, Cedar Rapids Ia, presi
dent of the Order of Railway Con
ductOrs. is slated for assistant secre
tary in the new department of com
merce
Aid in compiling the confederate
army enlistment roll is promised tc
the war department by the governors
of Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia
Virginia and North Carolina.
The kaiser's invitation for an
American naval squadron to visit
Germany declined. A cruise between
Chesapeake capes and Azores is plan
ned instead.
A newly invented machine gun
throwing 500 one-pound shots a min
ute, CT TWENTY-FIVE at one pull of the
trigger, inspected by Gen. Nelson A.
Miles at Cleveland, O.
Chicago thieves drove off with a
wagon loaded with fifty-seven cases of
merchandise valued at $4,000 from the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy freight
depot last night
British cOnsols touched 90$8, the
lowest point since the Franco Prus.
sian war The government is crit
icised for Withholding details of the
new Transvaal loan.
A Chinese consul general at Chicago
will probably be appointed, according
to Sir Cheng Tung LANG Cheng, the
new minister to the United States,
who reached San Francisco. There
are 5000 Chinese in Chicago
The entire jury pane! called at Col
orado Springs (CGlo) for the w. S.
Stratton will contest was discharged
by Judge Seeda because of a sus-
ricion that the members had been
tempered with.
President Nicholas Murray Butler
of Columbia college declared that I'm,
dergraduate life of that institution was
richer and more helpful twenty-one
years ago than now Athletics is being
oyerdOne.
The adjustment of excess fares on
fast trains may be forced by the Ell1ins
law Chicago passengers were forced
to pay 81 extra on trains where st.
Louis passengers ride in sleepers at
regular rates.
Racine (Wis) school teachers are
stirred by anonymous letters threaten
ing bodily harm unless they resign
An association was organized for mu.
tual protection and a $4,000 fund will
be used to prosecute the offenders.
A movement urging Grover CIeve-
land to become a democratic presiden-
tial candidate in 1904 was started at
Pottsville, Pa. Steps are to be taken
simultaneously in western PennSvl.
vania. Ohio and Illinois.
Coadjutor Bishop John j. Glennon
of Kansas City probably will be ap-
pointed coadjutor archbishop of ST.
Louis. Bishop Henry Moeller of Col
umbus is likely to be made coadjutor
archbishop of Cincinnati.
Carthusian monks are refused per
mission to remain in France by large
chamber of deputies majority. They
are engaged in manufacturing, and
are the richest religious order in the
republic.
President Castro agreed to continue
as head Of the Venezuelan govern,
ment until order is restored His mes
sage to congress declares that he was
dishearteEed over the mirepresenta-
tons of his enemies.
Maj. Gen Sir Hector Macdonald,
British military commander in Ceylon
and boer war hero, committed sui
eide in Paris hotel while en- route to
face a court martial for immoral con-
duct.
Members of New Orleans Local