Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-12-14

and killed one of two highwaymen whole
were attempting to hold MIN up I
The Studebaker Manufacturing
company of Chicago and South Bend,
Ind, has just shipped 300 wagons to
south Africa for the British army.
DIR. M. M. Latta, aged 80 years,
pioneer and the oldest practitioner of
northern Indiana, was found dead in
his office chair at Goshen, Ind.
The Lippincott publishing house of
Philadelphia, whose plant was almost
destroyed by fire, succeeded in saving 4
plates to the value of nearly S150,000.
There is talk of the Kentucky legis- |!
lature ousting Taylor if he is awarded /
the certificate of election as governor |
in order to secure the office for Goebel. |
| There is movement in Kentucky to |
present the name of Gov. w. o. Brad |
ley for the nomination of vice-presi- |
dent on the next ticket with Mckinley |
Rev. w. F. Anderson of Sing Sing, in
an address before the Methodist con-
gress in session in st. Louis, said that
many inaccuracies occur in the
Bible"
Messages were exchanged between
New York and Chicago by the Pollak-
Virag rapid automatic telegraph de-
vice at the rate of $4,000 words an
hour.
The Elgin National Watch company
surprised its 2,400 employees by giving
notice of a restoration of the wage
scale of 1892. The advance was I'M
solicited
At st. Louis Arnold Tuchshmidt,
cashier of the United States internal
revenue office, was arrested on the
charge of embezzling $1,000 in govern
ment bonds.
Some of the largest corporations of
Illinois, including the Federal Steel
: company, will leave the state because
2 of the antitrust attitude of the courts
and legislature.
) Bankers do not fear any bad eff
! fects on the American stock of gold
from the action of the Bank of Eng
: land in increasing the discount rate to
6 per cent
The secretary of the interiors report
urged irrigation of 74,000,0O0 arid
acres; 991 $40 pensioners are on the rolls
receiving $13S,355,052 a year; the new
possessions except Hawaii are defec-
; tive in educational facilities.
Judge w. E. Southwick, a pioneer
OF Christian county, one of the first
settlers and mayor of Pana, ILL.,, in
1857, died aged "a years
; At Fond du Lac, Wis, James Lone
gan was found guilty of the murder on
Nov 49, 1899, of William G. Prinslow.
James Morris was acquitted on the
same charge.
The body of Charles Coghlan, the
English actor, was placed in a Calves
. ton vault and Mrs. Coghlan left for
Montreal to join her daughter who is
seriously ILL.,
Dean Albert Leonard, professor of
pedagogy and dean of Syracuse uni
; Yersity, has been elected president of
: the state normal school system of
Michigan.
!, Boiling Kentucky republicans and
democrats have nominated w. c.
Owens to succeed Congressman Settee
: deceased. Owens defeated Brecken-
ridge in 1894
Delegates representing nearly 5000
: cloth weavers in forty mills have
adopted new and increased
scale of wages, which they will insist
!, upon being adopted
Richard S. Berlin of Omaha. has
been appointed supervisor of the sec
ond census district of Nebraska. This
i appointment completes the entire list
OF census supervisors.
The Rev. Henry NJ Sherman, rector
Of st. PauTs, Bridgeport, and Mrs
Mary Leavenworth were married. The
bride has many millions and is much
; younger than her husband
Eben S. Stevens has announced a
, general increase of 10 per cent. in the
wages of his employees at the wooden
I mills at Quinnebag, Conn. The in
I crease will benefit 600 persons.
If the proposed street car ordinance
I is passed by Milwaukee council The city
r will be bound for thirty-1ve years
The main purpose is to nullify the
t right of public regulation of fares.
The iron ore shipping season is prac-
, tically concluded. The receipts of ore
I at the various Superior ports show a
total of 9,250000 tons from Michigan
: mines and s,5O0,000 from Minnesota
mines.
detailed plan of army organization
! is suggested by Secretary Root, includ-
: ing compulsory rotation of staff with
the line and the establishment of a war