The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-12-22
Thursday, Dec. Il.

and Matters of General Interest Given in
Condensed Form.
Thursday, Dec. II.
1t is stated that Duncan n. Hood
son of the Confederate General Hood
and a West Point graduate, is fighting
in the Boer army.
A miners attempt to light his pipe
caused the loss of thirty-two men in
the mine at Carbonate, Wash.
Great Britain's total wheat yield fol
1899 is estimated at 65,529,325 bushels
A new hotel to cost 81, 100000 will be
built on the site of the old Bates House
at Indianapolis.
Feb. II, 1900, has been decided on
as the date of the Antitrust League
conference, to be held in Chicago
George Washington died 100 years
ago today.
James Henry, with $4,000 in gold
and greenbacks, has arrived in Chi
cago from the \londike, after an alb.
sence of two years.
More than $4,000 has been raised uu
to date by the South African Fund as.
ISOLATION (pro-BOer) at Chicago.
Friday, Dec. Is.
Switzerland elected a new President
DISQUALIFICATION Hauser.
The Womans Relief corps gave a re-
ception to Governor and Mrs John T.
Tanner and Mrs. Harriet J. BODICE, of
Hartford, Conn, national president of
the organization, at Memorial hall
Chicago, Wednesday night.
One carload of ore from the Isabella
mine, Cripple Greek, Colo, netted its
owners $20O,0OO in gold
For assaulting nOn-uniOn workmen
in violation of an injunction Judge
HOldOm sentenced five union men to
the county Jail.
The famous goose plant" ir the
house in now in bloom for the first
temala in 1895.
All the big coal mines in Webster
county, Ia, are to be tied up by the
strike of about 500 men at Kalo, Coal
vile, Leigh and Carbon.
Saturday, Dee. 16.
Financial difficulties of the Globe
National bank nearly caused a panic
Heavy shipments of gold are being
made from New York to London.
Judge Scott OF Omaha, has sen
fenced two prominent clergymen Of
that city to pay a fine of 5000 each for
contempt Of court.
A French engineer has a scheme to
tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar
A permanent congress of Chicago
ministers of all denominations to meet
every month may result from midcon-
tinental congress Of religions which
have just concluded three days ses-
sion at Sinai Temple, Chicago.
Dwight l.. Moody has Bright's dis
ease and his condition is critical.
Rev. David Jameson Patterson, pas
tor of the Second United Presbyterian
church of Brooklyn,is dead, aged So
years.
The Duke Of Westminster, the rich
est man in Englnad, is seriously i'll
with laryngitis and bronchial catarrh.
Monday Dec. 10.
Mystery surrounds the disappearance
of George Babcock, an engineer en-
ployed at the Illinois Steel works at
Chicago.
Bumps, the fastest roadster in the
world, the property Of G. X. G. Billings,
of Chicago, died at Billings park, near
Memphis, Saturday.
A native Indian fireman on board a
ship at Plymouth, England, is suffer
ing from the plague.
Fred Waterman aged 81, member
of the famous Cincinnati Reds of 1869,
when they were base ball winners, died
at Cincinnati Saturday.
The plant at Tiffin, O., of the United
States Glass company has announced
per cent increase in the pay for
blowers and gatherers, to take effect
Jan. l.
General William +. Rogers, success
sively auditor, comptroller and mayor
of Buffalo, n Y. died there Saturday,
aged 10 years. He had fine war rec
ord.
Tuesday. Dee. 10.
Death came suddenly to Mrs. Mag
1oIopo PirI- IVbiJo ri6 in0 on on ENvaDS