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

accidentally killed while repairing a |
rife. r.
Minnie Eyzley wass nfsAdered in the
barn of her employer neaf Allentown,
N. ].
John Nolan. aged So years, found
dead in barn at st. Joseph, Mich. Heart
failure.
Fall River cotton mills will increase
wages 10 per cent, affecting $4,000
hands. @sst
Consul Hollis, now at Lourenzo Mar
auez. will succeed Consul Macrum at
Pretoria.
Mrs. Bigelow of Chicago was drugged
and robbed of $500 by a New York
cabman.
Fast freight lines on trunk railways
are to be abolished as separate in
situations.
The New York State canals were
closed officially. Business was better
than last year.
The Wisconsin Central will enter
Chicago over the Illinois Central
tracks.
Secretary Gage extends the date for
the puchase of government bonds un-
til Dec. %.
The Wabash railroad train dispatch
ers were moved from Ashley, Ind, to
Montpelier, o.
Niles, Mich, people lose heavily by
the failure of a Philadelphia invest
ment concern.
Congressman Dolliver said no
changes will be made in the internal
revenue law.
| Chicago teachers condemn the Kan
sas City order against golf skirts in the
schoolroom.
1t is proposed that 100000 persons
contribute 25 cents each for Captain
Gridley's widow.
Griggs, Cooper C Co.'s wholesale
grocery at st. Paul was burned, entail
ing loss of $150,00O.
Birmingham, Ala, turns out the first
commercial steel for the open market
produced in the south.
Frederick A. Schroeder, who was
mayor of Brooklyn in 1876 and 1877,
died after long illness.
Senator Quay, who was appointed by
governor, will be temporarily de-
prived of his seat.
The entire Craig family of Scranton,
Pa, was wiped out in a railroad wreck
at Paterson. ". ].
| General Leonard Wood states he will
not succeed General Sternberg as sur
geon general of the army
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known and oldest citizens of Sterling
H., died suddenly.
! John Mess, aged Is years, was per-
haps fatally wounded at Benton Har-
Dor, Mich, while hunting.
George F. Buffum, head of the La
Crosse Lumber company. died al
Louisiana, Mo.
At Dixon, ILL.,, there is an epidemic
of smallpox. Thus far 100 cases of a
mild form are reported.
Forty republican congressman in
caucus voted unanimously to oppose
the swearing in of Roberts.
Charles NJ. Gilmer, one of the oldest
attorneys of Quincy, ILL.,, died there Of
heart disease, aged So years.
A Milwaukee paper polled 1T Ger
man papers in Wisconsin and found
only ten opposed to expansion.
The matron of the little girls home
at Roxbury, Mass. was sent to prison
for six years for cruelty to children.
William Hughes, tried at West SUI
perior for killing Mary Bolz was con-
victed of murder in the first degree.
o. f. Cristie of Upper Alton, H., at
tempted suicide at Joliet by throwing
himself in front of moving street car
Secretary Root favors Pacific cable
from San Francisco to Manila, via
Hawaii and Guam, to cost sS,5OO,O 900.
J. N. Free, known all over the west
as the Immortal J. NJ" is dying al
Montpelier, Ohio, of heart failure
At Columbus, Kan, one of the main
buildings of the Laflin-Rand Powder
Works was blown up. Loss s25O,0OO
At Auburn, Ind, Jacob Dawson OF
Redlands, Cal, was welded to Julia
Durkee. They met recently on a train
In New York Henry d. McCord &
! Son, grain exporters, made an assign
ment with liabilities exceeding $780,
000.
At Jacksonville, Fla, John d. Will
Jams has been arrested, charged with
having caused his wife's death by beat
ing her.
State School Superintendent Jack
son of Nebraska has decided that the
Bible may be read in the public
schools.
Senator Hanna, it is understood, will
refuse to serve another term at the
head of the republican national COM
mittee.
The entire business portion OF
ononcocke. Aaomac county, Va. was
destroyed by fire. Loss 800 900, s25, 00C
insurance.
Football: -Wisconsin II, Michigan
s.; Pennsylvania 90, Cornell 0: Carlisle
Indians 40, Columbia 0: Chicago IL
Brown 6.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
vanderlin denies the report that he is
to become president of the New York
Bank of Commerce.