Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-02-03
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Joseph Vincent Herreboudt, formerly
| of Bruges, Belgium, now Montreal adj
vocate, has sued his children Joseph Leon
Herreboudt, formerly of Montreal, but
now of Bruges, Jean Herreboudt, the
| Vicomtess Raoul Angler d'lyey, Count
| Jean de Seiges- others for an allow
ance of $50 per month";.
1t is stated in well-informed Cana
| dian political circles that it is the pur-
| pose of the Dominion government not
to force the Manitoba school question
| to a vote at this session. The intro
duction Of a remedial measure will be
| delayed as long as possible and the dis
cussion will be prolonged until the pres
| ent Parliament expires.
The Partisan papers devote consid-
| cradle attention to the possibilities of
| the United States entering into active
spheres Of European international at
| fairs, and the Journal des Debats re-
grets that Europe has not some sort of
Monroe doctrine to protect it from the
meddling of the United States in purely
! European affairs.
| Mile. Yvette Guilbert, attended by
her manager, Ted Marks, sailed for Eu-
rope from New York on the st. Louis.
The divette is much pleased at the sue
cess of her first American trip, and Mr.
Marks said that he was going to bring
| her back again next December for a
much longer visit and a more extended
tour.
Mrs. M. A. Conan, formerly in bust
ness for herself in New York city, but
recently living in the fashionable east
! breach Of promise against Col. e. III.
| Dyer, president of the KanaWha Oil
company, asking $4,000 damages. Col
! Dyer is about 60 years of age, d bachelor
and one of the prominent oil producers
Of Pittsburg.
-'Lorrin A. Thurston begged Secre-
| tary Gresham not to forward his letter
of recall to Honolulu" said *. M. Lam
dis, who was the private secretary of
the dead secretary of state, answering
the attack made by the ex-minister upon
the late secretary, land offered it the
| letter was not sent to Immediately re-
turn to Hawaii and tender his resigna-
| ton as minister to this country
After ten years of effort the miners
of Indiana secured from the Legislature
Of 1893 law providing that coal should
| be weighed before being screened, and
that the miners should be paid according
to that weight. The Supreme court,
without passing upon the constitutions
atty of the law, decided that it is i'm
possible to secure conviction under
| it, owing to the conflicting provisions of
| section No. D.
The case of Maj. George A. Armes,
/ the retired army officer, was given
/ formal hearing by Judge Brady at Wash
ington. The court in disposing of the
case, said it appeared to be piece of
| spite work on the part of Gen. Schofield,
and that this belief was justified by the
! fact that there now appeared no inten-
ton to prosecute further. This action
! leaves Maj. Armes constructively under
arrest, but it is probable the matter will
not be pushed further.
-Advices received at Key West from
tbof tho Uue
! ton of Gen. Martinez de Campos, the
/ Spanish authorities are acting in a high
| handed manner toward American cltl-
zens suspected of being in sympathy
! with the insurgents.
Judge Arthur at Seattle, Wash, SEN
fenced Adolph Niese and his wife to
| twenty years in the penitentiary for beat
ing their 1O-yearold son to death. Short
| ~ after the prisoners were taken from
the courtroom and placed in their cells,
both cut their throats with a razor.
The eighth annual convention of the
| Missouri & Kansas association of lum-
Der dealers was called to order in Kan
| of delegates. President e. w. Adams
annual address and the secretary's re-
port took up the time of the morning
session.
The coroner's jury in the case Of
| William f. Labor, who was found muir
UoTeu III Ills uOUlc Ill 1IOllS 1SldIu OlIS
n. Y, returned a verdict accusing his
mother, Mary Labor, of the crime, and
| John Fleishower and Anthony FoStel
| (the latter Lalor's brother-in-law) of be-
| ing accessories to the murder.
The numerous electric railroads in
| Northern Ohio are causing the steam
| roads q great deal of anxiety by taking
from them their short haul freight and
| passengers. The Erie company has tax
| en- the bull by the horns and decided to
reduce the passenger rates IN the region
of Youngstown and Warren to the level
! of the fares charged by the competing
| electric lines there.
der Ballington Booths recall to England
from America has occasioned such dis
| Quietude and murmuring among the rank
| and file of the Salvation army in this
country that Gen. William Booth, father
of Ballington and commander,ln-cmet OF
| the Salvation army forces throughout
the world, has decided to visit the Unit
ed States next spring.
AT a revival at Wellfeet, Neb., Mrs.
Jane Houston, bank presidents wife,
said in her experience" that she was
| convinced that it was ungodly to wear
| iewelry and therefore had left AL her
! finery on the dresser Mort" Green
| was in the audience and went at once to
| the house. He found $4,000 worth Of
gems and left a note saying he was glad
he could remove temptation from the
good woman.
j. III. Hert Holmes, who killed AL
! bert Johnson in a quarrel at Grand Rap
| ids. Mich, because Johnson showed his
cold hands down Holmes' back, was
| bound over for trail for murder in the
first degree. Forty prominent society
| women were in court and their influence
was toward having it pronounced murder
in the second degree, that the young
man might be released on bail. Holmes
| is being lionized.
One hundred shoemakers in Cleve-
land, O., have struck for an increase in
wages.
Free delivery mail service will be
extended to Benton Harbor and Calu-
met, Mich, April 1.
The White Star line steamer Males
tic, which sailed from Liverpool for New
| YORK, has among her passengers Slgnora
/ Eleona Duse, the Italian actress.
| President Cleveland has again n-ged
| Congress to make an appropriation for
/ the return to the United States of the
| unUrOnS who uora c0l0Oizn6 in Mhy1cO