Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-01-01


exact sum to be voted is decided the
bill for the reorganization of the serv-
ice of superintendent Of ancient build
ings also will be brought before the
house.
The police of Paris have seized the
papers of Jean De La Mar, manager of
the Klondike Mining company, who is
suspected of irregular proceedings.
Three arrests have been made. The
company is Paris concern and all the
parties interested are Frnchmn. M
De La Mar asserts that the mines are
being worked and that they yield S12,
900 a month.
Professor Koch has discovered sue
cessful method for the destruction of
rats which 1nfest the holds of ships.
An apparatus is used to fill the hold
with gaseous substance. Expert
ments have shown that this kills
every rat in the vessel. The new sys-
TEN in future will be used in the Ger
man navy and also on the big German
steamship lines.
The condition of the winter crops in
nearly all European Russia is regard
d as bad. This condition arises from
the delay in sowing, which was due to
the late harvest and the rainy autumn
and winter and the non termination
Of the seed sufficiently before the adj
vent of early and intense fTosts. The
crop outlook is serious even in several
of the southern provinces.
At Paris, Sarah Bernhardt, playing
at her own theater, added fresh
branch to her many laurels by the Gre
alton of the title role in Theroigne de
MeficOurt, a new play by Paul Her
vieu, which deals with the meteoric
career of a now forgotten woman, who
/ beginning as a courtesan, became a
prominent parsonage during the reign
! of terror and ended in lunatics cell.
! f. G. Wade contributes to the EN-
pire Review a good-tempered article
on the Alaskan-YukOn boundary dis
pute presenting the Canadian side of
the controversy with ability and fair
ness, and laying stress upon assertions
that the American trade with the Yu-
kon region is declining and that the
| tidewater towns of Skaguay and Dyea
are not benefited but ruined by the
existing arrangements.
The Association of Boot and Shoe
Manufacturers of France, represent
ing extensive industries of Paris
Lyons, Marseilles, Limoges, Fourgeres
Nancy, Romans, and other places, has
| decided to Immediately advance the
scale of prices for footwear. In MAX
ing the announcement M. Gibault
vice-president of the association, says
it was made necessary by the gradual
monoroy of the raw material by Amer
leans.
The reception given at the executive
mansion by Governor and Mrs. Hunt
of Porto Rico, formally to introduce tc
society their eldest daughter Miss
Elizabeth Hunt. was the most brilliant
since the American occupation of the
island. Among those present were
Admiral Dewey, Rear Admirals Sum
ner, Taylor, Crowninshield and Cogh
Ian and scores Of other naval and mill
tary officers, besides many prominent
Americans and Porto Rican and Span
ish civilians At least 500 persons were
present.
Sir William Henry Precee. a well
known electrician, says the wireless
system will never become a serious
competitor of the submarine cable. II
the first place, he said, there was the
want Of reliability. It was possible
to tap every wireless message, and con
sequently there rouId be no privacy
Secondly, there was tbs low rate OF
speed of the wireless system, as com
pared with the cables. Sir William
expressed the opinion that wireless
telegraphy would never be practicable
as an important means CT communica
ton, because it cot:ld never stand com
parison with the cables
A telegram from New Orleans says
that President Cabrera of Guatemala
had notified United States Consu
General McNally to leave the country
and that he is persona non grata tt
the Guatemalan government for sew
eral reasons, one of which is thai
some venturesome Americans who re
Gently were involved in an unsuccess
full attempt to start a revolution have
been making their headquarters at the
American consulate since their fail
ure. Another reason stated in the tel
egram for the alleged notice to Consu
McNally is that he is unpopular with
the American colony. the members OF
which have urged that he be recalled