Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-10
SUMMARY OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
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Sunday.

Guthrie. Okla. was inundated by rise
of the Cottonwood river.
The row over boycott may result in
war between Turkey and Austria.
Paris authorities have disinterred Stein
heils body to probe murder charges.
The Acknowledgements agrey nent has
evoked expressions of satisfaction at st.
Petersburg and London.
The Postmaster Generals annual report
shows a deficit Of S16,873,222. the larg-
est in the history of the department.
The Isthmian commission reports Ssh
512,998 has been spent on the Panama
canal and that labor problem is solved.
Postmaster General Meyer in his an
nual report again urges the establishment
of postal savings banks and rural par
Gel post.
Monday.
Seven hundred lives were lost when
two japanese ships sank after collision off
Chefoo.
The Non-swearing Knights Of America,
started recently by Great Northern con-
ductors, now has over 1000 members.
The 5000 ruby ring supposed to have
been sent by the Duke of the Abruzzi to
Miss Elkins has been found to be worth
S11.75.
Deposits of the national banks in Chi
cago increased $8,743OOO between Sept.
% and Nov. 81, reaching the highest total
ever reported
The United States Supreme Court holds
that appeals involving State laws should
90 to State Supreme Court, not federal
circuit judiciary.
The signing of an agreement between
United States and Japan vindicates for
mer Ambassador Aoki, who was recalled
by jealous ministry
Tuesday.
Mrs n p. Errington of Chicago killed
herself and young daughter in a Memphis
hotel
Secretary Straus, in his annual report,
opposes the creation of separate depart
ment for labor.
Daniel j. Keefe has been appointed
commissioner of immigration to succeed
the late Frank Sargent.
Chief of Police William ]. Biggy of
San Francisco was drowned in the bay
and his body washed out to sea.
President Roosevelt has put $4,000
fourth-class postmasters under the merit
rule and friends of the spoils system are
preparing for a fight
The text of the notes exchanged be-
tween the United States and Japan re-
Garding their policy in the far East has
been made public in Washington.
Wednesday.
Illinois has been State ninety years.
Pu VI, 3-year-old son of Prince Chun,
was inaugurated Emperor of China.
Nord Alexis, president of Hayti, was
deposed and saved from the mob by the
tri-color of France, Gen. 'Lcgitime being
proclaimed.
mysterious blast of dynamite opened
the levee at Pine Bluff, Ark, in violation
of the governments orders, and the city
is believed to be relieved of immediate
danger.
Inquiry into Paris murder mysteries
shows that King Sisowath of Cambodia
was sutton of Nine. Steinhel at the
time the French government negotiated an
important treaty with him.
J. d. Archbold on the witness stand in
New York admitted that Joseph c. Sib
Joe" of the letters read in the recent cam-
palgn and an employee of Standard Oil.
Thursday.
Rioting broke out in Port au Prince
when President Alexis fed and twelve
men were killed.
Estela Stout, who killed a picture
agent in defense of her sister, was exon
Grated by a coroner's jury in Chicago,
British House of Lords got commit
tees report that the upper house be re-
formed and qualifications made, in part,
the basis for admission.
f. o. Kellogg by questions indicated
that the export trade i'll oil was greater
in 1871 than now, thus attacking one of
the chief defenSes of the Standard com
pany.
Mystery surrounds the ownership of =
consignment of rare laceS, robes and vest
ments, appraised at $1,000, but really
worth $4,000. which was seized by Chi
cage customs officials.
Friday
Dutch ships have begun blockade of
Venezuelan ports.
The steamer 500 City long in the ex-
CuESlOu business out OF NulCdSO, Sink III
a storm in the Gulf of st. Lawrence and
all the members of the crew are believed
certain to have persisted.
\ special primary fraud grand jury
found deplorabe conditions in some
wards. expressed doubt if there has been
an honest election in Chicago in years and
scored certain county officials who ham
pered the investigation.
Saturday.
Rebels won a battle in Hayti and are
marching on the capital; the United
States may intervene
An explosion in model mine at Mari
anna, Pa, killed every man at work, the
dead being estimated at 1873 4 State in
spector few hours before had left the
workings after a two days study, de-
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