Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-06-24
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The Missouri river is rapidly rising
at Omaha.
The cruiser Olympia is to go to China
to relieve the Baltimore.
The 9-year-old daughter of Michael
Norton of Lemont, ILL.,, has disappeared.
The Russian government has prohibit
ed the importation of irreverent and BIAS
phemous articles.
Fire in Seattle, Wash, destroyed
100000 of property of the Consolidated
Railway company.
Frank Weldin fatally shot Ed Babb
at Butte, Mont, in quarrel over the loss
of a job by Weldin.
Nathan Pierce, an insane man at Ann
Arbor, Mich, attacked his wife with a
chisel. She will live
1t is reported that five ships Of the
French Mediterranean squadron will
shortly be dispatched to Beyrout.
The St. Louis will be laid up upon
her arrival at New York in order to have
some changes made in her tunnels.
Rest has been prescribed for eX-Con-
gresham Bland, who is in Denver suf-
fering from an attack of the grippe.
Mrs. Clara McGill, who claims to be
the wife of a New York editor and pub
Usher has begun suit for divorce at Per
ry, 0. I.
The contract for the erection of the
federal building at Rock Island, H., was
awarded to 0. ]. King Of Omaha, Neb.,
at S41 ,022.
Henry Taylor, colored, of Burgette,
Miss, chopped off the heads of his wife
and child with an axe. Jealousy was
the cause of the crime.
Brown university conferred the hon
orary degree of doctor of letters on Will
lam Winter. Mr.. Winter is dramatic
critic of the New York Tribune.
A. w. Cockerton, New Orleans
cashier, under fourteen indictments for
forgery, has returned from South Ameri-
ca and surrendered to the sheriff.
Mexico and Guatemala have extend
ed until May l, 1896, the time within
which the boundary line as agreed on by
recent treaty shall be put into effect.
The General Society of the War of
1912 met in Independence hall, Philadel-
phia. Delegates are present from Massa-
chusetts, Maryland, Ohio and Connect
cut.
The Ward steamer Yumuri arrived
in New York harbor from Mexico and
Havana with a fire raging in the fore
hold, which broke out when the Yumuri
was off Cape Henry.
New York's famous committee of
seventy has disbanded. The executive
committee in the recommendations to
the seventy, criticized the mayor on the
police reorganization.
Mrs. James S. Clarkson, wife of the
Iowa politician, who is occupying a cot
tage on Cedar avenue, Hollywood, is re-
covering from a runaway accident which
occurred at Long Branch, n. J.
The Missouri Chickamauga-Chat
nooga National Military Park commits
the position of the Missouri troops on the
battlefield of Chickamauga and Mission
airy ridge.
1t is alleged at San Francisco that eX-
Senator Fair had another millionaire SEN
ator as a partner in his disastrous wheat
deal and that wholesale bribery has been
resorted to by the partner to escape pay
ing his share of the loss.
On a recent test of the trolley system
as applied to standard passenger coaches,
the Pennsylvania road obtained an aver
age speed of fifty three miles an hour.
With a further test this week a speed
of sixty miles an hour is expected.
The plant of the Chicago Packing
Box company, including sawmill, planning
mill, box factory and veneering machinery,
was burned at Peoria, ILL.,, involving a
loss of 100000 with insurance for less
than half that amount and throwing 200
men out of employment.
The vicinity of York, ILL.,, is cOnsid-
erably worked up over supposed muir
der case. Ames Osborn died there, and
now the charge is made that he ate of
poisoned cake, purposely left in his way
by an enemy. An investigation is being
made and it is said arrests will follow in
very short time.
Abbott & Katz's brewery at Brooklyn
was seized by internal revenue officers.
1t is alleged that revenue stamps were
used second time upon beer kegs. The
brewery is valued at 100000 and before
the proprietors can regain possession they
will have to put up bond of 100000.
Judge Baker of the federal court at
Indianapolis rendered a decision in the
Telegraph company, in which he knocks
out that portion of the Indiana co-ia-
bility law which was so clumsily con-
strued as to make a corporation liable
even though the injured person himself
was negligent
The long standing controversy between
e. II. Fowle of Chicago, United States
court receiver of the Great Western
Manufacturing company of Duluth, and
II. B. Moore, the local district court re>
ceiver, was settled by Judge Nelson of the
United States court making an order GUST
ing Mr. Fowle and declaring Mr.. Moore
the sole custodian.
w. J. Whites fine steam yacht, Say
When, struck log while entering the
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her bottom. She was at once beached,
and the party, which consisted of Mrs.
White, her four children and several other
ladies and their children. were easily
taken off. The damage amounts to
$4,000.
The schooner Kate Hincnman sprang
a leak when off Green island and drifted
onto Popple point
-Saloonkeepers at Independence, Ia,
will be prosecuted for using bogus names
on petition for open saloons.
The Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran
church has decided to locate it's theologic-
al seminary at st. Paul. MINI.
Naval reserves Of San Francisco took
a trip on the United States steamer Olym-
pia and now say it is topheavy.
Pensions were paid in the Soldiers
home at Marshalltown, Ia, and the sur
plus over Sc was held out in spite of the
| injunction.
The westbound stage was held up
near Ukiah, Cal, by lone highwayman
who secured $1,000 from the Wells-Fargo
express box.
The court Of appeals has allowed an
appeal to the United States Supreme court