Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-10-07
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Democrats at Fort Dodge, Ia nomi-
mated NJ. e. Smith for senator
AT Duluth Mimi, Mrs May White
was burned to death by the explosion of
a lamp.
Spain will make every effort to save
the cruiser Cristobal, which went ashore
off Cape Antonio, Cuba
The United States cruiser Cincinnati
and the cutter Morrel are at Tampa,
Fla, awaiting results of the cyclone
DR.. w. H. Gibbon of Charlton, Ia
is dead. He was surgeon of the Thirty
fourth Iowa volunteers during the war.
+. S. Christensen, Danish vice-consu
for Minnesota, shot himself through the
heart at his home in Rush City, Mimi
The school board decided that here
pointed as teachers in the schools of
St. Paul.
AT Minneapolis ]. III. Martin was
nominated for president and r. Brooks
for yice-president of the chamber of
commerce.
Sampson Brock was shot and killed
by member of the Belcher faction at
Harlan, Ky. The Gross faction threat
ems revenge.
tory near Jersey City, n. j., five en-
ployes, all boys from IA to Is years old,
were injured.
DIR. and Mrs. Hearne, charged with
the murder of Amos j. Stillwell of Hanni-
ba., Mo-. have served notice that they
will apply for a change of venue.
The case of Miss Flagler, daughter of
Gen. Flagler. chief of the ordnance bu-
reau of the army, is to be discussed by
the grand jury, now in session in Wash
ington. She killed q negro boy for steal
ing fruit.
1t is reported from Puebla, Mex,
that great sensation is about to be
made public being nothing less than the
revelation of the actual authors of the
assassination of Editor Olmos, with full
particulars duplicating certain people.
Sir Julian Pauncefote and the Earl
of Westmeath have arrived at Mon
treal from Newport r. l., and will leave
for Ottawa at once. Sir Julian states
that it is his first visit to Canada and
has absolutely no political significance.
After seven years of faithful WORK
Prof ID. ID. Barnard has severed his con,
nection with the Lick observatory, Cal.
and will soon leave San Francisco for
the East to assume position at the
great Yerkes observatory. w. j. Hus-
sey of Stanford university will succeed
Prof. Barnard.
The members of the Spanish colony
in the city of Mexico are raising large
subscriptions to aid the families of sol
diers dying in Cuba, some subscriptions
being outright and others for monthly
contributions. The younger members
of the colony are anxious to raise vol
unteer regiment.
There is said to be a probability of
the transfer of Archbishop Chappelle
from Santa Fe, n. NJ, to Denver as re-
suit of deliberations of the archbishops
at Washington, d. O., this week.
There are III brandy distilleries in
operation in sixteen counties in Middle
Tennessee, and there will be the largest
output of apple brandy since 1888,
amounting to at least $500 barrels.
According to report to the state
department. from United States Consul
Bigelow at Rouen the worlds produc
ton of wool has not increased during the
past year, but has actually diminished.
The miners in the Appanoose Gao
district decided to strike for 81 ton
for mining coal, instead. of the 80 cents
they are offered. This will affect 1900
men at Mystic Jerome and Centerville.
The suit of the tobacco trust against
the cigarette manufacturers of Winston.
n. c., claiming infringement on cigar
cite machine patent, has been dismissed
with costs amounting to $4,000 assessed
against the trust.
The four-story building at the north>
east corner of Broad and Noble streets,
Philadelphia, occupied by Horn, Bran
non, Forsyth & Co., manufacturers of
gas and electric fixtures, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at 100000; fully insured.
-Rev. DR.. Rocker, the private secre-
tary of Mgr. Satolli, has been appointed
to the chair of ethics in the department
of philosophy at the Roman Catholic
university. He will deliver three or
more lectures each week and will retain
his position in the papal legation.
Mrs. Alfred Stevens Whitney, daugh-
ter of James O'Brien, the retired mill
ionarie clothing manufacturer OF Mon
treal, is suing for a separation from
her husband and an allowance of $4,000
year. Miss Maud Burdett an anna
teur operate star and a member of the
choir of Christ Church cathedral, is
named as the correspondent.
William Wetterer, representing the
Chicago firm Of Siegel, Cooper & CO.,
now erecting an immense department
store building on Sixth avenue, between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets, New
York, has secured loan of S1,0O0OOO
for two years on the structure. The
mortgage was taken by the New York
Life Insurance and Trust company.
Thomas O'Hara, United States con-
sui at GreytoWn, reports to the state de-
partment that the belief prevails in Blue
fields that the Southern Pacific Railroad
company is about to discontinue it's steam
er line (the Morgan line) between New
Orleans and Bluefelds, owing to the low
price of bananas and the difficulty of COM
peting with Norwegian vessels manned
by poorly paid sailors.
Arthur ]. Goodwin, recently agent
at Cripple Greek, Col, for the Cont
mental Oil company Of Denver, has been
arrested in ST. Louis on charge of en-
bezzlement at the request of the chief
of police of Colorado Springs
Jeremiah Taylor, late president of the
Mount Vernon Qll.) bank, by his will left
all his property to G. D. and Q. M: D.
Hahn, the sons of his first wife. whose
wealth laid the foundation of his fortune
His half brothers will contest the will
The Red Cloud roller mill, elevator
and warehouse, one of the largest plants
in Minnesota, were totally destroyed by
fire. The loss will amount to $4,000,
with $4,000 insurance. About 5000
bushels of wheat in the elevator also
burned.
The Rank of Monet and the Bank