Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
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- Judge hlnne AT Ann AfDOf. 8llcG.-
decided the famous Henry c.. Lewis VIII
thousand dollars worth of the great
Lewis art collection is kept out OF the
hands of the university thereby.
AT Duluth Detective r. n. Benson
assaulted John Lawrence Morrison, edi-
tor of the Citizen, a Populist labor paper,
and newspaper man well-known
throughout the West and Southwest
Benson's grievance was an article III
Morrisons paper. The detective got the
worst of the fight.
Prof. L. L. Diche of Peary expedi-
ton fame the Kansas university natur-
alist, has left for an extended trip to
Alaska. 1t is said he will make prepara-
tons for another trip to the North Pole.
The entire mail service between Alas
ka and British Columbia will be greatly
expedited by the establishment by the
postofice department of an exchange be
tween the pOstofhce at Victoria and the
Seattle and Sitka steamboat postoffice
service
In the Supreme court at New York a
jury was empaneled for the trial of the
suit of David Belasco against n. X.
Fairbank of Chicago Belasco claims
that the Western millionaire owes him
$4,000 for his services and expenses in
training Mrs. Leslie Carter for the stage.
Richard Croker said to a reporter
at London that he was not going 70 at
tend the derby because he would have
to meet his family at Southampton. He
declined to talk politics but he manifest
ed the greatest interest in the fact that
Henry Watterson was not to enter the
presidential campaign this fall, and said:
''Well, it is a queer deal all round
Charles Mccarthy, acting manager
Of McCarthy's American company play
ing ''One of the Bravest" in the Eng
-, lO4 xrvi+h
dent last night at Wakefield. In the
fire scene he rescues woman from the
upper story of a burning house. While
descending with the woman in his arms
the rope broke and both fell to the
stage.
Notwithstanding the Indictment
weather, the centennial demonstrations
at Nashville. Tenn, were very success
full. The military exercises closed with
a sham battle The Colonial Danes,
Daughters of the American Revolution
and the Ladies Hermitage association
held a reception in the Woman's build
ing, and the official exercises of the two
days celebration were over
Il here are only two presidential post
masters in the country whose offices ex-
pire in June. They are York, Pa, and
Fayetteville, n. Y.
The family of the Rev Crosby II.
Wheeler of Warren, Me-, and Mrs. Mary
E. Gates of Chicago, wife of the Rev. G.
Frank Gates, missionary at Kharpoot,
have arrived at Constantinople on their
way to the United States. Mr. Wheeler
and Mr.. Gates both suffered losses dur
ing the riot and massacre at KharpOot
-Ex-Gov. d. r. Francis has been APP
pointed receiver of the United Elevator
company at St. Louis on application of
the Chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy Rail-
way company, which owns 1900 shares
of STOCK NQ7 S(l0 firSt m tr0O 90 bonds
and $4,000 in second mortgage bonds,
with r. p. Teney who also is stock
holder and bondholder.
One of the leading bankers Of ST.
Paul, Mimi, said that company of
wealthy F'renchmen intended to establish
headquarters in ST. Paul for the loaning
of an immense amount of money to the
farmers of Minnesota and the Dakotas
after the assurance had been given that
the financial system of this country was
to continue on sound basis.
During the game of baseball between
the teams from Allegheny college and
Grove City college at Meadville Pa,
the grand stand containing 200 persons
collapsed and caused panic. The in
!jured were hastily taken from the wreck
and the fortunate discovery made that
no one was killed, although many were
badly bruised.
The Pullman Palace Car company
filed with State Auditor Gilbert of Ohio
its annual report for taxation under the
special law. The whole mileage is put
at 132, 800, of which 2737 is in Ohio.
The tax is about $S0OO The report is
filed under protest, but the company has
made two annual payments under the
law without taking it to the courts.
The Presbyterian General assembly
adjourned after exceeding any record for
dispatch of business Two important
the committee to confer with the officers
of the board of home missions of New
York and the adoption of 4 paper in re-
lation to the licensure of students from
Union college by q vote of 222 to 81 was
the other.
Boone, Ia. while returning to his home
on the railroad tracks, was killed by
train.
The case of the Michigan Trust COM
pany against the State bank of Michi-
gan at Grand Rapids Will test a point
on the state bank law which has never
been passed upon- w Il. Lamoreaux,
the "bean king who recently committed
suicide, pUt up his bank stock as col
lateral for Il TRUST company loan. He
also borrowed from the bank. The trust
company sought to realize on its col
lateral when payment was defaulted, but
the bank refused to transfer the stock
claiming the bank had first lien.
The schooner Albion brings news to
Port Townsend of the probable loss Of
the schooner Lincoln IN Alaskan waters.
The lincoln had ON board about thirty
persons. al of whom have undoubtedly
lost their lives. Most of the passen-
gers were goldseekers.
Miss Marion Earle, well-known
actress. died at the cancer hospital in
New York. For the last four seasons
she was a member of the. Potter-Be!lew
company. Previous to that she played
with Nat Goodwin and also in A. M.
Palmer's stock company.
The Northern Pacific liner Victoria,
which has arrived at Tacoma, brought
news that the Bubonic plague had brok-
en- out in the island of Formosa and that
at Anping May / there were nineteen
deaths and twenty-nine new cases. The
deaths at Anping number from ten to
fifteen day.
The spanish government has pacifed
Gen. Weyler with promise that he shall