Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-03-16

at Sterling, Ill.
The three new battleships building |
for the United States navy will be
about perfect.
At San Francisco Welcome A. Bot
kin, husband of Cordela Botkin, has
applied for divorce.
The new postal laws, which save
thirteen days between San Francisco
and Australia, go into effect.
H. B. NJ warship Talbot arrived
from Bermuda and took Lord Her
schell's body to England.
A number of Kentucky farmers were
drowned in crossing streams which
were swollen by unusual floods.
The Ohio river continues to rise
and damaging floods are expected for
several days along it's course.
Sidney g. Hubbard, pioneer in
surance man, capitalist and real estate
dealer of Fort Wayne, Ind, died.
Republican leaders at Dover, Del,
expected a break in the senatorial
fight, but the factions held together.
Bishop Henry w. Warren of the
Methodist church is suffering from
appendicitis at Buenos Ayers, Argen-
tina.
Thomas Donaldson, the champion
high diver, received fatal injuries
while giving an exhibition in New
York.
The seats of four democratic men,
bers of the house of representatives of
the fifty-sixth congress will be con-
tested.
The Old Dominion liner jamestown
entered New York harbor with fire
in her hold, which was soon extin-
guished.
Miss Carolina Hazard of Peacedale.
r.. L., has been elected president OF
Wellesley college to succeed Mrs. Julia
Irvine.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany has declared the regular quarter
ly dividend of Ia per cent, payable
April IA.
Winter Strawberries from Florlua
are of the most delicious flavor and
sell at from so to rs cents a quart in
Chicago.
Ex-Gov. Merriam announces his in
tention as to the $4,000 appointments
to be made by him as head of the CEN
sus bureau.
| DR.. Emil G.. Hirsch says there is a
; lack of intelligent system in the work
! of the public schools and that innova-
tons are fads.
} The state department let's it be
: known that this government will
> neither aid nor try to stop the spoil
alton of China.
4 The United Electric, Park Steel and
l American Brick companies were incor-
, porated in New Jersey, with total
capital of $40,000,000.
Diseased horse flesh Is being turned
into sausage and "corned beef" at a
factory near New York. There is no
, law to cover the case.
Four hundred New York city Meth
odist ministers applauded a paper read
by one of their number, denying the
infallibility of the Bible.
Monroe Leland Hayward was nomi-
mated by the republican caucus of the
Nebraska legislature to succeed United
States Senator William V. Allen.
In New York Fayne Moore, the
form worker Of the badge game, will
probably go free because of the alb
senoe of Witness Martin Mahon.
Carl Schurs was guest of honor at
dinner given in celebration of his
SEVENTEEN birthday by the German So
cial Scientific Society of New York.
Congressman Sulzer of New York is
: confident that he will succeed Bailey
! as democratic leader in the house and
! will be nominated for vice president
The appropriations made by the
. fifty-fifth congress, aggregated 81 $685.
S90.016. of which $4S2, 562, 0S3 repre-
: sents the cost of the war with Spain
I Four hundred inmates of Cleve-
: land apartment house are quarantined
S on account of case of smallpox
S which was discovered in the building.
S A policeman is now suspected of
having been the murderer of Under
taker Henry Knaus, who was found
dead in his New York shop ten days
ago.
All naval officers who are promoted
under the new personnel act will be
@ required to stand an examination as
to their qualifications, professional and
I physical.
The Utah legislative committee sub
e mitted majority and minority reports
regarding the charges of bribery which
n were brought against senatorial can
didates.
S William NJ. Clemishire has been ar
rested charged with conspiracy in
smuggling into this country several
Chinese, two of whom were caught in
II Baltimore,
BY decision OF the United States
e court OF appeals at Cincinnati, the
liberals of the United Brethren church
II are given the title to a large amount
of property.
= J. Pierpont Morgan denies the story
that he has secured the assent of the
/, Readings English stockholders to 4
consolidation of all the great eastern