Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-07-01
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Deputy United States Marshal Hovel
arrested John p. Klug of Box Elder,
COL. charged with having fenced in a por-
ton of the public domain embracing about
10000 acres.
George Curzon and Mrs. Curzon, for
merly Miss Mary Letter of Washington,
entertained at dinner in London the
Prince of Wales and Nazrulla Kahn, the
Afghan prince.
The brake on a handcar gave way
on Il st. Paul q Duluth railway grade
and Erie Olsen and Hans Swanstrom, sec
ton laborers, had a two-mile-a-minute
ride until an up grade was reached.
Truth of London declares that the
Cunard Steamship company ought not
to be allowed to carry mails any longer
if it be true that the Methodist bishop,
Fraser was refused a first-cIass ticket
by that company on account of his color.
james e. Cobb and Jay Goodwin of
Alabama, who are contesting a congress
sional seat, met at Washington. In
quarrel which followed Goodwin tried to
to attack Cobb with a pair of shears.
The japanese minister to Pekin and
the Mikado's consul-general to Shanghai
are installed in their respective cities.
The Chinese received them pleasantly.
The Japanese flag flies over each head
quarters.
Mrs. Frank Holmes of Bloomington,
ILL.,, whose husband was murdered by
train robbers at Carlinyille, is to receive
from the Alton company, for which he
was an engineer, a cottage worth $1,000
and 5000 in cash.
Postmaster General Wilson is about
to inaugurate system of espionage on
the carriers and collectors in the large
cities. Special inspectors will be sent
out to follow letter carriers on their
routes to detect lettering.
Fifteen walters and guests jumped
from the second and third floors over the
French restaurant at 10 South Fifth
Iavenue, New York. after a fire had brok-
en- out on the first floor, and some of
them were seriously injured.
Brokers on the Consolidated ex-
change, New York, had cold chills while
they waited for B. Fenton to square
what appeared to be u $4,000 failure.
The discrepancy on the clearing house
sheet was tie result Of a clerical error.
The suit of the United States govern
tain possession Of 900 acres Of land
in Ventura and Los Angeles counties,
Cal, was decided against the railroad
company by the United States circuit
court of appeals.
The trial of e. Ashley Meers, the
banker, of Fargo, n. D., resulted in
hung jury.
John sGalva. in charge of the Rock
Island pump station at Galva. has.,
was found with his throat cut
The reform wave has reached Sara
toga Gambling and other sports will,
it is said, be abolished this year.
A posse had an encounter in the woods
with the Rainy Lake bank robbers. Ihe
latter finally escaped across the Canada
| border.
"A new trial of the Hullet will case
at Duluth was denied and the common
law wife of the millionaire will get the
| fortune.
The steamer Anna NJ. Pierce burned
| at WILDLY island, Puget sound. The
| cook is missing ard is opposed to have
| been drowned.
H. S. Ferguson, son of Chicago
| banker was arrested at Santa Cruz,
| Cal, charged with obtaining $115 by
giving bad check.
A statue in honor of the memory of
| the late DR. Windthorst, the Clerical
| leader the Reichstag, is to be erected
! in Meppen, Germany.
The stone crusher and building of
| the Iyanhoe Limestone and Construction
company at Iowa Falls, Ia, burned.
| Loss, ST., 900; no insurance.
Special Treasury Agents Johnston
and Beane captured at Butte, Mont, Ito
| forged Chinese registration certificates.
! Three arrests nave been mace.
John Cullion, aged Is, and Ella APP
| plegate, aged 16, who eloped from Shen-
| andoah, Ia, are detained at st. Joseph,
| No. and their parents have been sent for.
Deputy Sheriff Abrams of Cleveland
| brought suit against the city of Buffalo
| to recover the $500 reward offered for
| the apprehension of the murderers of
Montgomery Gibbs.
Coy. Brown of Kentucky has signed
the death warrant of bad Tom" Smith,
who murdered DIR. j. u. ROder- Smith
has killed seven men.
-Tiffin o., is in tumult over an at
tempt to abolish saloons. S. j. Patter-
sons place has been wrecked and he has
sworn out warrants for thirty-one per
sons.
Bernard Quinn was killed and Will
am Currans and Burton Wren injured
by the falling of an elevator in Swift &
Co.'S packing plant at Armourdale, near
Kansas City.
The steamer Alice S., plying between
La Sale and Peoria, on the Illinois river.
was destroyed by fire near the mouth of
Lake Depue All the crew and passen-
gers escaped.
The Denver police are looking for G.
E. Patchen and Nina Spencer. suspect
dancehouse there by giving him morphine
in his whisky.
1t is estimated that the yield Of wheat
! in Hungary will amount to 100000
meter centner. The yield of rye is esti-
mated at 100000, barley at 100000
and oats at 100000 meter centner.
William H. Haynes of Greenup, Ill,
had negro porter at an Indianapolis
hotel arrested for stealing 1926 from him
while he slept The negro says he won
the money from Haynes playing cards.
The Creek Supreme court of Indian
territory has decided the recent call ses-
sion council had no power to pass an
act suspending the chief treasurer and
auditor, and these officers are still in
Office.
Private wires covered with dark green
silk and almost invisible have been strung
by private concerns in Wall street, New
York, sfor the transmitting of stock quo
tations. The grand jury will be asked
to investigate.
Col William Winthrop, assistant
Judge acknowledgement Of the army, will
retire in August His retirement will
promote Lieut.- Col. Thomas Barr to be
colonel and Maj. George B. Davis to be
Northumberland.