Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The siege at Puerto Ortez. Honduras.
incident to the recent civil war in Mica
rauga has been raised.
The retriaI of the case of Robert T.
Kneebs, the American horseman ac-
cused of racing a mare under an assumed
name, has been set in Berlin.
The American liner Berlin, carrying
the Yale university crew, was sighted
off the Lizards at II 10 p. m. today,
about ten hours behind her record time.
Returns to the Ontario fisheries de-
partment of the spring catch of seals by
Canadian vessels taken off the British
Columbia and Washington coasts show
a decrease Of nearly 1000 skins.
-Heidelbach, Eckelheimer & Co. have
engaged 100000 in gold for shipment
to Germany Tuesday. l.. Van Hoffman
& Co. have engaged S350,O0O gold at the
subtreasury for shipment to Germany.
The libel action brought in London
by III. A. Roberts, master of the Bath
college, against Countess Russell, $4,000
damages being claimed, has been decid-
ed in favor of the PLAINTIFF. Countess
Russell made a written withdrawal of
the charges and rendered an apology.
Louis Deyin, arrested in Chicago for
forging checks in St. Joseph, Mich, has
been bound over to the circuit court
The Saturday Review of London an
nounces that Lord Llandaff will succeed
Lord Dufferin as British ambassador at
Paris.
Late Cummings, the alleged house
burner and bigamist, who escaped Jail
at Kokoma. Ind, last Sunday, was
caught at Quincy, O., after a hot chase
j. r. Mulligan of Yonkers, n. Y,
has been elected supreme dictator of
the Supreme lodge, knights of Honor,
in session at Louisville, Ky.
The roads of the central passen-
ger committee have agreed to a rate oee
one fare for the round trip for the meet
ing of the Order of Elks, which will
be held in Cincinnati.
-Ex-Mayor Hugh j. Grant of New
York has been made a defendant in an
action for 100000 damages for Islander.
instituted by Lawyer Aaron Kahn OF
1O2 Fulton street. The action grows
out of a game of poker in the Narragan-
sett club, West Fifty-fourth street,
when Mr. Kahn lost, he says, the snug
sum of $4,000.
Cen r. HI. Kirkmore Whiteley is
dead aged SS. Gen. Whiteiey was born
at Cambridge, Md, and graduated at
West Point in the class of 1880. He
had been a soldier in three warS-the
Seminole in Florida, the Mexican and
the Civil He was retired in 1875 with
the rank of major general.
Charles f. Blancke, manager of the
Pabst brewery bottling esta blishment in
New York city, was in court ON sum-
mons ordering him to explain how it
was that boxes of other breweries ant
bottlers were found In his place, with
the name of the Pabst Brewing company
branded in. He said he was i2mor
ant of the affair and had the case adj
jOurned.
Mrs. Jacob Pickett is dead, the ro-
suit of fright. Mr.. and Mrs. Pickett
moved few days ago into an old cot
tage south of Greensburg, Ind, which
had been vacant for some time. On the
first night some fishermen, not knowing
the hut was occupied, tried to get in.
The woman, having heard that the house
was haunted, went into Mysteries, from
which she never recovered.
The Grand Rapids & Indiana rail-
way system exclusive of the Muskegon
branch and the land grant was sold 81
Grand Rapids, Mich. at auction on an
order of the United States court as
prayed for by the second mortgage bond
holders. The decree was for $3,0OnOOO
and interest The only bid was by
representative of the Pennsylvania Rail
way company whose stockholders own
the second mortgage.