Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-25
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Jose, the youngest son of Gen Campos.
| has been attacked by yellow fever in
| the province of Santa Clara, and that
| physicians fear the worst Gen. Cam
| pos has ordered the representatives of
| the Madrid papers not to wire the news
| to Spain.
-Dominick Wagner, the eX-priest of
| st. Joseph Mo-, is on trial in the Grim
| inal court on the charge of embezzling
! $500 from the parish. Bishop Burke
| said Wagner had accommodated him.
| self from the church when he married
| Maud Steidel, the girl he abducted and
sent to Chicago.
December 8 has been set for Michi-
| gan day at the Atlanta Exposition, and
| the Detroit chamber of commerce APP
| pointed committees to make needed ar
engagements. A rate of l cent mile
| has been obtained. Gov. Rich and the
| mayor of every city i'll the state will be
| invited to attend.
Pat Grove, the alleged train robber,
created a surprise in the criminal court
! room today by entering q plea of guilty
| to the charge of Jail breaking. The
| charge of train robbery against him was
| continued An attorney says Grove S
| mind is unbalanced on the subject of
robbery and a number of physicians will
| be called in to examine him.
| The Forest Oil company of New
York, Pittsburg and Oil City, one of the
| various branches of the Standard Oil
company, is now in possession of the
| Guffey & Galley interests in the Kan
sas oil and gas fields.
The large fve-story building on Mid
| die street, Lowell, Mass, known as the
| Parker block, was almost destroyed by
| fire. The fire was aided by repeated ex-
blossoms of whisky in barrels, which blew
| out the windows and created havoc in
/ j hill NIon fnf0 loss
ceeds $35O00O.
| Costa RIGA, has returned to Washington
| from visit to his country, where he at
| tended the festivities of September 15
| the national holiday. He says the feel
| ing in Costa RIGA is favorable to Central
American union and that such a union
would be ultimately formed.
The statement of the accounts of
Bamberg, Bloom & Co., wholesale dry
| goods, Louisville, who failed some time
since, has been completed by the ap-
praisers for the assignee, and is as fol-
| lows: The assets are appraised at $685.
| 938, and the total liabilities are $1,215,-
4O3, of which S715.977 is to Eastern
| creditors.
| AT ST. Joseph, Mo-, Frank Fox, alias
| "Sly Dick" was sentenced to the peni-
| Tertiary for two years on a charge of
| the Pat Grove gang of train robbers
| that held up two Burlington trains here
| year ago. He is wanted in Chica go,
| ST. Louis and Kansas City for robberies
( committed.
Foreclosure suits have been filed in
the United States circuit court at To-
| peka by Samuel Carr against the Cen
| trail branch of the Union Pacific, the
| Atchison, Jewett county and Western
and the Atchison, Colorado & Pacific
| railway companies. The three suits are
similar and are all brought by Mr.. Carr
as trustee of the purchasers of the con-
struction bonds issued at the time that
the railroads were built.
Mrs Irena w. Roland of Columbus,
| Ind, has brought suit against Thomas
r. Wood of Franklin for $4,000 dam
ages for SANDER. 1t is alleged that Wood
| poisoned the mind Of James F. Brown,
/ wealthy farmer to whom Mrs. Roland
| was engaged, by slanderous reports
| against Mrs. Roland's character. The
marriage was postponed and, the cause
becoming known, excitement was caused
in both places, owing to the high stand>
ing of the parties concerned
-Orrin Bump. president Of the old Sec
| ond National bank of Bay City, Mich.
has sued Estey & Calkins for $4,000.
| The suit is the result of the recent fail
ure of that firm. Mr.. Bump claims the
/
| John Townsend, who said his home
| was at 2541 Armour avenue, Chicago,
| died at a Cincinnati hospital. In at
| tempting to beat his way on train it
| is said he shot at one brakeman, wound
ing him, and that another brakeman
then shot him in the groin.
i An earthquake shock was felt at
1 Cotopaxi Col. 1t was violent and caused
some confusion in the schoolhouse, which
l 4 S.,411
| ance. The slate roof was cracked in
three places and those who were on the
| inside say the house trembled as from
| the effects of an explosion.
/ In a test case Judge Kicks of the
| United States circuit court, sitting at
| Cleveland, decided that a receiver of a
| defunct bank can assess stockholders
| and recover in suits from those who re-
| fuse to pay. The case was brought by
/ the receiver of the Columbia National
bank of Chicago.
| the trial of Col. Colt of Circleyille, o.,
ordered new jury impaneled on the
| testimony of physicians that one Of the
| Jurors. who has been SICK would be I'M
able to serve again. The case has cost
| Fayette county $4,000 already, and
! only one-tenth of. the witnesses have
| been examined.
| -EVlQ0nCe WAS 01lCtlcu uufluS q re-
cent trial in Brooklyn to the effect that
Commander Folger, U. S. n, received
$20O0O,OOO worth of the stock of the
| Harvey Steel company and that he was
placed on salary of $4,000 a year as
consulting engineer to the company
after he had made contracts with the
concern, acting on behalf of the secre-
tary of the navy, under which the com
pany had already received $96,O56.45,
and would probably receive millions of
| dollars in the future.
A verdict for $4,000 was returned
in the district court at Duluth against
| the Eastern Minnesota branch of the
Great Northern road in favor of Thomas
Hawkins, who became insane from inju-
ries received while at work for the road
Mrs. Mary Fleming, under indict-
ment in New York city for having poi
soned her mother. Mrs. Evelina Bliss,
and who has been in the Tombs prison,
was, at the request of her counsel, moved
to the maternity hospital at Blackwells
| island.
While on his way home George
| Sol, oloo, Oh