Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-19
eIegrams in Brief

President Roosevelt has not dein-
itely made up his mind to call an ex-
traordinary session of congress. He
is, however, considering the practical
bility of doing so.
Secretary COrtleyou has made the
following appointments in the depart
mcnt Of commerce: Chief clerk, Frank
II. Hitchcock of Massachusetts, dis
bursting clerk, VIM. Soleau of Michi-
gan.
August krauss, an insane farmer
near BeIefontaine, Mo, who killed
his wife and six children with a
sledge hammer, died His Oldest
child was II, the youngest a baby Of
months.
At Buffalo the will of the late Ed
w.n L. Burdick was made public.
Burdicll cuts off his wife. whom he
was suing for divorce, without cent.
He leaves $500 to a relative, the
rest to his children.
The steamer Tosa Maru brings
news of further engagements between
Chinese government forces and the
KWang-Si rebels in which the imperial
troops were defeated with loss, some
, high officials being among the slain.
Bartlett Sinclair, treasurer of Rial
province Philippine islands, attempted
! to commit suicide by taking poison
when informed that the government
intended to prosecute him for neglect
ing his office and those permitting a
speculation of funds.
In Chicago Judge Chetleain instruct
ed the jury in the trial of the Inalana
coal operators to ring in verdict of
not guilty. The court held that if
there was any violation of law by the
operators it was a violation Oh an
interstate law, not of statute of Hi
nois.
A decree granting freedom of wor-
ship to unorthodoX Russian subjects,
and self-government to villages and
commounes, was issued by the car.
The release Of peasants from enforced
labor and provincial reforms will fol-
low soon.
Secretary Hitchcock has granted
authority for the act Iisition of the
necessary property, rights of ways,
ETC., prior to the construction of irri-
cation works in five localities in Wy
OmlnG, Montana, Colorado, Nevada
and Arizona. The projects, estimated
to cost 100000, will provide for the
irrigation of 100000 acres of arid land.
Mexican bandits held up a stage
between Potam and Toreon in Sonora,
and killed six passengers. Among
them was Hitherto AIveradO,
wealthy Mexican. The stage carried
very little mail and scarcely any
money or valuables, so Alvarado must
have been the mark for the bandits.
The bodies were rifed of everything
Of value.
The steamer Alliance from Colon
arrived at New York Among tn
passengers was George Sawter, WHO
was recently appointed United States
consul at Guayaquil but Immediately
returned, having been alarmed by the
yellow fever. Sawter succeeded
Thomas Mast. the cartoonist. fhe
president has named Sawter to be as
sistant appraiser OIL merchandise at
New York
Leo. L. Loeb, known as Paul Revere
of Colorado, has arrived in New York
to consult specialist with regard to
partial paralysis, from which he has
suffered as a result Of the achievement
which earned his title he carries.
Loeb is the man who, when a cloud
burst let loose a wall of water 175
feet high five miles outside of Mani
tou, Colo, mounted pony and, riding
at breakneck speed, warned the resi-
dents OF the approaching calamity
Just outside Manitou Loeb's pony
stumbled and horse and rider plunged
down an incline. The horse was
killed, but Loeb gave the alarm in
time to enable 1000 residents to
escape. Four days afterward Loeb
suffered stroke of paralysis.