Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-02-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The next n3eetinS of the Internation-
al League of Press clubs will DE held Ill
Buffaf@ on July u.
MARTINEZ Canlp@s. late captain-gen-
eral of Cuba. has declined the member-
ship offered him in the Supreme Military
council al Madrid.
Farmers at Ramsey, ILL.,. have dis
covered that the recent cold weather
has injured wheat and fralt.
Dorothy Davis. TO- years old. daugh-
ter of Il Newton CID fasner. while
playing about stove was burned to
death.
The Connahle Fish company of Chi
cage mas leased. with the privilege of
buying. the plant of the Arion Fish COM
pany Of Duluth. Mimi.
The Emperor Menelek of Abyssina
has written to Queen Victoria and to
the Czar. asking them to intervene and
compel Italy to make peace.
A Chicago & North Western train
going dewnhill from Boone, Ia. broke
in two. Thirty cars were wrecked and
NJ. T. Grimm. Il bra keman, was killed.
David Rrant, city editor of the Cedar
Rapids Gazette. has been nominated by
Republicans of Marion. Ia. to succeed
DR.. McCielIand, deceased, in the Legis-
la-ure.
w. I. Gross of New York. an in
spector of silks who has been stopping
at the Lindefl hotel st. I.ous. left sud
denly. saying he was going to the the
alter. This was the last seen of him.
r Stocknger. commercial chancellor
of the Austrian embassy i'll London, has
been appointed conSul-gcncral for Aus
tria at New York in succession to Baron
Won Leonhardi. who has been trans
ferred to Chicago.
Recent advices from the Argentine
Republic received by the bureau OF
American republics indicate that owing
to Il succession of rains the wheat crop
has been materially damaged and the
yield will fall below that of last year.
The final stage of the Royal Geo
graphical society incident at Madrid was
reached when Minister Taylor waived
the proffered publication of letters from
Gen. -Andia. president of the society, and
Capt. Conyas gave a full apology and
explanation.
AT Wilhelmshaven. Ger, the naval
recruits were sworn in in the presence of
Emperor William. His ma jesty made
them a short address in the course of
which he said: 1.-The German navy is
small in comparison with some other ma
tons. but it is in course of expansion
Madrid police have arrested several
persons on. suspicion of exploding
petard Tuesday night in front of the
royal palace
The British steamer Missouri, Capt.
Browne from London on February 10
for Philadelphia, has put in at Falmouth
with her hold on fire.
Members of the Cleveland, O., cham
Der of commerce are making efforts to
have the vote by which Andrew Car
negie was blackballed recOnsdered.
Jacob Miller, marshal of West Car
rollton, o.. was sentenced to one year in
the penitentary for shooting bicyclist
who was riding OH the village sidewalk
last summer.
The national Armenian relief COM
mittee sent $225.OO0 by cable from
New York to Miss Clara Barton at
COnstantinople and Will send forward
other sums Immediately.
The Waterloo cup. the blue ribbon
event of the coursing was decided at
Altcar, near Liverpool Fabulous For
tune won. beating Wofhill. The lat
ter fell and so enabled Fabulous Fortune
to win easily.
near Hartford City, Ind, impressed with
the belief that the Lord had called upon
him to abandon worldly pursuits, alver-
tised Il public sale of his effects and was
his own auctioneer.
The President has signed the bills
extending the operation of the mineral
land laws to the north half of the Col
and to open the forest reservations of
Colorado to the location of mining
claims.
"A passenger train on the Chesapeake
Il Ohio railroad ran into a buggy con-
tanning Richard Steele and his brother
John Steele when near Tabs alton,
six miles west of Winchester, Ky. The
vehicle was demolished and both men
were instantly killed.
The third annual meeting of the
American Paper Manufacturers asso-
citation was held at Delmonico's, New
York. August G. Pain presided, and
about fifty members were present Re-
ports concerning the state of trade in
the various branches were submitted.
Three employees of the Consumers
Gas company at Wilkesbarre. Pa.
George Maxwell, Samuel Maxwell and
George Zerbee, met death at the works.
The men started to locate leak. and
entering the pumping house where the
gas had accumulated, fell unconscious
The United States torpedo boat will
be ready for the sound trip within three
weeks. She will be ready for her ma
chinery test early next week
Several bombs were exploded N the
gardens of the palace at Madrid. No
personal injuries resulted. The outrage
is supposed in Madrid to have been per-
petrated by Republicans or Anarchists.
Hospital doctors at Brooklyn say
Bernard Schwab and his 9-months old
babe, shot by Bernard's father, Franz
Michael Schwab, may recover. The
elder Schwab killed his wife during the
fight.
The school teachers and liberal por-
ton of the community are up in arms
over the action of Prof. GAVIN. inspector
of schools, and his subcommittee, who
called a meeting of the teachers and told
them that hereafter they would not be
permitted to indulge in public dances
If English and French business
houses can afford to pay their travelling
agents on the isthmus of Panama $12.-
600 a year. including expenses, why can
not American firms do eas well? is the
question put by United States Consul
General Nifquain at Panama
One of the convicts first paroled
under Michigan's new parole law, Henry
Helliger, broke parole at Detroit and