Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-10
LATEST NEWS ITEMS.

The intention of Introducing a big
navy bill at the present session of the
German Reichstag has been abandoned,
/ but the idea has not been relinquished,
and bill will be drafted in readiness
for the next session.
Lieut.. Neumann of the United States
man-of-war Charleston has been sued for
divorce by his wife. They were mar
ried in Baltimore and have lived in New
York and Washington. She is Il daugh-
ter of Capt. Dawson of the United States
army
-Krout, the express agent of the
! Wells-Fargo company at Colorado
! Springs, Col, pleaded guilty to robbing
the company of $4,000 and was SEN
fenced to five years imprisonment. His
! father was released All but S125 of
| the money was recovered.
The Palmenberg apartment houses
in One Hundred and Twenty street
600, partially insured. All of the occu-
pants of the building escaped without in
| jury except Mrs. Berg, wife of the
janitor, who was severely burned.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Nc
! Neill, Conservative, was unanimously
adopted by the Dominion House Of Com
mons declaring Canadas inalienable 10y
atty to the British throne and her will
ingness in case Of war to make any
sacrifice for the integrity of the empire.
Justin Mccarthy has addressed a
letter to the secretaries of the Irish party
in which he says his reasons for giving
up the leadership are wholly personal,
and due to his failing health and to the
necessity for greater attention to his pro
fession, upon which depends his live
lihood.
A large number of insurance men,
representing the Western Underwriters
union, the jurisdiction of which extends
west of Pennsylvania to the Rocky
mountains, met at Buffalo. One of the
objects Of the meeting is to try to re-
| duce the excessive commissions paid to
agents.
The news of the election of Sir
Charles Upper, ST., as member of the
! House of Commons from Cape Breton
has been received with qualification by
Conservatives. Sir Charles will take
his seat in the House of Commons soon
The Manitoba school bill will be intro
duced within forty-eight hours after
wards.
Chapman Hyams. the New Orleans
millionaire brother of the twins recently
in trouble at Toronto, Ont, has gener-
ously deposited in a local bank a sum
sufficient TO cover the $4,000 which
Harry succeeded in getting away from
Martha Wells Hyams and the interest
on this will be paid her annually.
Frank Davidson, who has been on
trial at Lebanon, Ind, charged with as
sault with intent to kill his wife by
shooting at her while drunk, November
a, was found guilty of assault only and
! fined $50 When the verdict was read
Mrs Davidson threw her arms about
Attorney Reagans neck and kissed him.
The young society women of Pierre,
S. D., drove street car mules all one
afternoon. The women of the city have
esta blished a rescue home, and opened 1T
with a reception. The street car COM
pany turned the line over to them for the
afternoon, and the young women as
! drivers and conductors secured a good
sum for the home.
Col. A. ]. Fountain, one Of the best
known lawyers in New Mexico, was kid
mapped on the road from Las Cruces to
White Oaks by cattle thieves and is sup
posed to have been killed, together with
ing companion. Fountain was prosecut-
ing attorney for the district and had
| been pushing the ruStlerS vigorously.
Harry Truelson was elected mayor
| of Duluth by a majority OF 11O over
Seward d. Allen, the regular nominee of
the Republican convention. Mr.. Truel-
son was self-constituted candidate, and
| in his fight he was opposed by all of the
daily and weekly papers and the leading
citizens. His war cry was pure water
and new waterWOrks, owned by the city.
| Over 5000 votes were cast.
The Cripple Greek Coll postoffice
has been greatly embarrassed for a
month past by enormous mail receipts
beyond the capacity of the force to ham
die. Postoffice Inspector w. nj. Nc
Mechen says the accumulation includes
$4,000 letters besides tons of second,
third and fourth class mail.
DIR. Dexter V. Dean is confined in
the st. Louis insane asylum at his own
request. He is suffering from Daresis,
and has sense enough to know it. He
applied at the health department for
ure of his trouble. He was examined
and his diagnosis found to be correct.
A cablegram received at the factory
at Milford, Mass. from Egypt, states
that Charles G. Colburn, of the shoe
manufacturing firm of Colburn, Fuller
& Co., of Boston, suffered a paralytic
shock and had few chances of recovery.
Der of one of the most widely known
and weaithiest firms in the state.
Virginia S. Washington and Mary L.
| Washington Of Portsmouth, o.. repre-
senting themselves to be immedi-
ate descendants of George Washing
ton, have written to the secretary
of the interior offering to sell to
|
Washington. Among these is Il snuffbox
presented to Jefferson by Washington
and afterward returned to the donor.
The pastoral relations of the Rev
Adolis Allen and the First Presbyterian
church of Washington were formally dis
solved at the meeting of the Washington
presbytery, called to take action in set
| Ting the trouble in the church growing
out of the desire of the congregation
that the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage occu-
Ply the pulpit at the morning as we'll as
the evening services. Rev, Allen re-
tires.
in the course of mis- sermon in the
Academy of Music in New York Rev
Thomas Dixon, Jr.. had this to say
about Chicago: "When [ went to Chi
cago during the Worlds fair l was
amazed at the magnifcence of the spec
tacle it presented. When | went back
to Chicago the other week it seemed
that every loafer thief and bum in the
whole country had collected and re-
manned there"
William Hagel, well-to-do resident
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