Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-11
LATEST NEWS ITEMS.

The fight of the Federated Trades as
sembly against the Duluth Street rail-
way for not complying with the law call
| ing for the vestibuling of all cars by
| November ] ended in a draw, the jury
which heard the evidence against Gener-
al Manager Warren failing to agree.
Cashier w. G. Peters of the failed
Columbia (WashD National bank is I'M
der arrest on a charge of making a false
entry in the individual deposit ledger,
thereby crediting City Treasurer NIcCau-
lay with making a special deposit of
$4,000, when in fact no such deposit
was made.
The Chickasaw Legislature, which
has just adjourned, passed a bill barring
all intermarried citizens from any prop
erty rights in the Chickasaw Nation
whatever. If the new law stands as
constitutional millions of dollars worth
Of property held by the intermarried citi-
zens will be confscated.
Capt. E. D. Walker, late of Honolu-
III. through his attorney, Frank Higgins
of Washington, has petitiOned the British
government for redress and pecuniary
compensation for damages sustained in
consequence of the petitioner having been
detained as revolutionary suspect by
the Hawaiian government.
Henry Webb, lifetime prisoner,
escaped from the Indiana prison south ut
Jeffersonyille. Webb with a guard was
ordered outside to do task. He eluded
the officer and ran to the woods. He
is said to have been heavily armed, and
was one of the most dangerous cOnyicts
confined in the penitentiary.
AT the depth of 100 feet Harrison
Miller of Monmouth, ILL.,, not only OBJ
tanned an inexhaustible supply of good
clear water, but his tanks in which the
water was pumped are literally alive
with small dark-colored fish. The little
fellows are lively and apparently enjoy
ing the change from their subterranean
home.
Sheriff Frank Worcester has arrived
at White Eagle, O. T.. with a posse of
deputies in search of Dick Smalley,
wanted for train robbery at Allegan,
Mich. Smalley was arrested near Round
Pond, O. T., and while the officers were
returning to that place their prisoner es-
capped by jumping through a window
from a Rock Island train.
Sheriff John A. Lemming Of Carlyle,
ILL.,. now occupies a cell in the lookup
at st. Louis. He was sent after a pris-
oner and procured his man. but got
drunk and was arrested and locked up.
The prisoner escaped. This is the sher-
ifs second offense of this nature, and
his position will probably be declared
vacant.
While the former British minister to
Pekin, Sir d. r. O'Connor, who has been
appointed British minister to Russia. and
his family, were leaving Pekin their
boat collided at Tung Chow with
craft filled with Chinese soldiers. A
scuffle is said to have ensued, during
which sticks were freely used, and some
of Sir O'Connor's party were quite seri-
ously injured.
The second trial of the Hyams broth
ers, charged with the murder of Will
lam Wells, has commenced at Toronto.
AT Gardenville, Ind, Capt Freder-
lex Long and his wife were murdered
at their home by robbers. Capt. Long
was wealthy vessel-Owner.
The members of the Paris fire de-
partment who made a tour of the coun-
try say that New York has the best fire |
department, Boston comes next and Chi |
cago is third
The Marquis de Nayve, who has
been on trial at Bourges for week past |
charged with murder of his stepson, was
acquitted after the jury had been out
forty minutes.
The Vienna correspondent of the |
Daily News hears that Emperor Francis |
Joseph has refused to sanction the cleo
ton of Mr.. Lueger by the anti-Semites
as burgomaster of Vienna.
1t is denied by friend of the fam
lily of ex-Congressman William Holman |
that he will remain in Washington. He |
will probably be a candidate for re- |
election to Congress from his Indiana |
district.
Joseph Niagara, Frenchmany was |
arrested in New York on a charge of EN- |
bezzling $4,000 francs from the Conn |
panic Transatlantique. He was an agent |
of the company, and is alleged to have |
absconded. The sum of 1907 frames in |
notes was found in his pockets.
The London Daily Telegraph ina it's |
financial article expresses the hope that |
all parties in America will see the, inn |
portance of allowing trade naturally to /
expand and will support President Clewe- |
land in his project for the withdrawal (
of greenbacks and for the substitution I
of notes of the various state banks.
"A company from the Indiana militia !
is being recruited for service in Cuba |
An officer of one Of the Indianapolis COM |
panies, under promise of not being eM-
passed around and fifty names have been |
signed of young soldiers willing to so +
to Cuba and fight for the insurgents.
At Washington, D. c., Secretary
Smith has approved the selection OF
22,630 acres of land in Mississippi for
the State university, providing that PEI
sons occupying the land shall have an
opportunity to make proof by Decem-
Der II.
General Master Workman Sovereign
says he has no desire to serve the
knights of Labor as chief officer after
TIE expiration of his present term of Of
flce. The county treasurer Of Spokane.
Wash, he says, refuses to accept ma
tional banknotes.
The New Orleans sugar planters
through Col. J. D. Hill and other attor
neys filed two sugar bounty claim suits
in the United States circuit court under
the agreement with Washington authOri-
ties who will aid in speedy trial and APP
peal to the Supreme court.
James Haffa of Philadelphia commit
ted suicide by jumping from the Goat
island bridge into the rapids at Niagara
Falls. The body caught on rock
short distance above the falls and was
hanging there late that night but no eff
fort was made to recover it.
-Duluths trade and labor assembly
has caused the arrest of Manager War
rem of the Duluth Street railway com
pany. The complaint charges him with
failure to comply with the law passed
some time ago requiring all street cars