The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1897-10-14
GENERAL NEWS.

John K. Gentry and Robert j, have |
lowered the team record by one second. |
The rlant of the J. I. Case T. NJ. Co. al
Racine has been sold to eastern capital |
lists for 100000.
The W. c. L. q. of Duluth have boy
cotted all county fairs at which there are
horse races or blind pigs.
The United States and the Klondike
region are expected to yield SoO,OO0,oOO
worth of gold this year.
Jimmy MIchaels. the Young Welshman
continues to knock down all the middle
distance bicycle records.
The Baltimore base ball team defe ated
the champion Bostons four straight games
and won the Temple cup for 1897.
he four-cornered mayoralty fight in
Greater New York is becoming very hot
Chances seem to favor Tsmmany's can
didate, Van Wyck.
The wife OF Gov Atkinson of West
Virginia is on trial for forgery. 1t is SAID
that if she Is convicted the governor will
immediately pardon her.
Yellow fever has been spreading III the
south with great rapidlty, but the fata'-
tiles have not been relatively numerous.
Methods of treating the disease have i'm
proved greatly.
John d. Rockefeller's lake line, the Bes-
eemer Steamship Company, has contract
ed for three enormous freight boats.
They will in combination have a capacity
of over 10000 tons of iron ore.
In order to ill date for political
speech Congressman j. z. Dolliver of
Iowa did mile minute on locomotive
last Monday in reaching the city of Ne
vada from a point fifty miles distant.
Tie first convention OF the Irish hide
pendent League was marked by num-
Der OF bitter speeches denouncing the
British government. John Redmond the
organizer of the league was the principal
| orator.
Associate Justice Field of tie G. 8.
supreme court will retire from the bench
on Dec. /, His term of service in the
supreme court has been the longest n
record. Attorney-Gen1 McKenna will
be his successor.
| The lawyers have promised to finish up
the Luetgert trial within week. The
general impression seems to be that the
state has failed to make ont case, and
that the best they can hope for is dis.
| agreement OF the jury.
A private soldier named Hammond was
by the order of Capt. Lowering of Fort
Sheridan dragged by the heels over a
rough pavement for some distance, and
badly injured. The captain alleged that
| Hammond disobeyed orders.
Discrepancies of S5,000,000 have been
found in the accounts of the city of
BROOKLYN. The officials deny that there
has been any malfeasance, saying tie
trouble arose from defective book keep
| Ing in several suburban towns recently
added to the city.
John L. Sullivan does not deIgn to use
his fists on an ordinary manager. He
had a dispute with his theatrical man.
ager, Dunn, the other day, and when the
time came to inflict cbastisement, Sull;-
van picked up his "valet" and threw him
at Dunn's head, infictipg great damage.
Gen. Weyler has passed. His successor
is Capt. Gen. Blanco, said to be the most
tender hearted man IN Spain, He is to
proceed Immediately to Cuba accompan-
led by 10000 equally philanthropic SOL
diers, who are expected to quickly finish
up the rebellion.
Dun's Review of Trade says that bnsi-
| ness is increasing. The wheat yield is
now known to be more than 100000 900
bushels, which Will allow 100000, 900
bushels for export. Gold importations
are increasing, and the earnings of many
railroads are larger than ever before dur
ing their existence.
A forty eight inch water main burst IN
New York City and flooded a large dis
trict. 1t was over four hours before the
gates to the main could be closed. and
more than 100000 gallons of water
escaped, tearing up pavements and filing
cellars for blocks around. Great dam
age was done to adjacent property.
And now comes the glass trust, recent
ly formed at Columbus, o., and said to
represent larger capital than that of
the Standard Oil. Prices have been bad
ly cnt lately and the movement to COM
bine has been under way for year or
more, manufacturers claiming they are
driven to take this step to prevent cut
throat competition.
Emmett G. Gibson of New York and
elsewhere is not SO bad. He was lately
arrested for passing bad checks, and it
then TRANSFERRED that in the past four
years the clever gentleman had by varlons
swindlIng schemes acquired 100000
which had all been squandered. 1t is
said he was able to beat John Wanamak-
er out of several Thousand.